Chapter 27. Culturing Bacteria
Equipment and Materials
You’ll need the following items to complete this lab session. (The standard kit for this book, available from www.thehomescientist.com, includes the items listed in the first group.)
Materials from Kit
Goggles
Coverslip
Inoculating loop
Microscope slide, flat
Pipettes
Stain, Gram’s iodine
Stain, Hucker’s crystal violet
Stain, safranin O
Stirring rod
Test tube rack
Materials You Provide
Gloves
Alcohol (ethanol or isopropanol)
Alcohol lamp, candle, or butane lighter
Agar Petri dishes (from preceding lab)
Agar slant tubes (from preceding lab)
Bleach, chlorine laundry
Broth culturing tubes (from preceding lab)
Clock or watch with second hand
Large container with lid (for bleach bath)
Microscope
Mixed bacteria culture ...
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