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Dave Potts  
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 More options Nov 6 2011, 9:28 am
From: Dave Potts <d...@goopot.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 14:28:50 +0000
Local: Sun, Nov 6 2011 9:28 am
Subject: Re: [DIYbio Manchester] Microbe Growing At Home
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Hi,

Thanks for the responses.  I think we'll try to carefully have a go with
the potato and agar recipe.  We will tape up and bleach at the end.  If
still alive at the end of the process I'll report back.

Dave.

On 5 November 2011 10:20, Martyn Amos <martyn.a...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Without wanting to be the voice of doom, you should be quite careful
> about doing this at home (especially if young kids are involved).
> There is actually quite a good chance that you will culture something
> nasty, which is why we immediately sealed the plates with tape once
> they'd been streaked when we did the Manchester Microbe Map. The
> important thing is not to open the dishes while the cultures are
> growing/once they've grown, and to bleach them carefully when
> disposing of the dishes.

> Martyn

> On 5 November 2011 09:44, Asa Calow <a...@madlab.org.uk> wrote:
> >> Hi,

> >> I was showing my boys the Flickr pictures of the Manchester Microbe Map
> plates and they were really keen to have a go at growing things from round
> the house.  The problems is that we have no equipment or experience (but
> plenty of enthusiasm!).  What advice do you have for:

> >> (1) How we get some suitable medium to grow the stuff in?

> > The guys at Biologigaragen in Copenhagen were making theirs out of
> mashed potato powder which apparently works well!
> http://wiki.biologigaragen.org/index.php/Agarplate.

> >> (2) How we then go about it?

> > The instructions are there on the wiki, it's super simple - no need for
> a pressure cooker even. You can get petri dishes off eBay for cheap too.

> > A

> --
> Dr Martyn Amos
> Reader in Novel Computation
> School of Computing, Mathematics and Digital Technology
> Manchester Metropolitan University
> WWW: http://www.martynamos.com


 
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