Danny6777 Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 I was wondering if anyone knows of any books that give information on how to culture bacteria for observing under the microscope? Is a cetrifuge essential equipment for a hobby microscopist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helix Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 No, a centrifuge is not essential or even usefull in dealing with a microscope. But here are some good books: Osborne Internet linked complete book of the Microscope (osborne) Scientific American Amateur Biologist (little dated though) Adventures with a microscope (Headstrom) Cliffs Notes Microbiology (actually pretty good if not archaic) Learning about Microbes: A laboratory manuel (EPBASM) Also search the internet, it is a great source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeminiinimeG Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 i dont know much about such things but i do know that a centrifuge is used to searate things, form what i have seen in my life you can culture bacteria in just a litle dish =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyncod Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 You can culture bacteria on a slice of potato, too. A centrifuge is really only useful if you want to do stuff with mammals or you're going to be isolating nucleic acids/proteins (neither of which are really hobbyist things). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helix Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Or blood. Any fluid with multiple parts really. The only things you really need are a medium (to grow the bacteria/organism), microscope with sufficient magnification, container for bacteria, bacteria itself. That's the bare-bones was to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyncod Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 A potato is not a fluid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helix Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 I meant using the centrifuge to seperate different parts of fluids. Yes, I am aware that a potato is not a fluid. Do you take me for a republican? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyncod Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Well, you can spell potato, so you're obviously not a Republican. Just a joke as far as the fluid thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helix Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Haha yeah I passed the acid test of politics: spelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biomat Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 A centrifuge is used to remove bacteria from a broth culture and rinse them. This is useful if you want to look at planktonic bacteria. If you resuspend them in PBS, it will slow down growth which is also good for study. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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