Natural Science Forum / Biology / Microbiology / November 2005

Is there a place where I could buy harmless amoebas or other types of
microorganisms?
Thanks!
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Can anyone tell me whether fresh LB is better for bacterial growth than
LB made the previous day, refrigerated overnight and used after warming
to room temp? there should not be any problem, isnt it? IS any
detrimental effect known at all?

Helo.I`m looking for information about avian influenza, especially about
diagnosis and vaccine.
Any suggestion ?

Hi everyone. I´m very interesting in information about Bacillus group.
Could you send me information of weg pages with this item?
Thaks for your attention.
Alejandro

I was going to clean up in a storage/junk room. In that room I've got
some bookshelves with dvds,cds,  software, and books,etc. It's about 17
- 20 degrees Celsus in there.
I had put a glueboard mousetrap there before and forgotten about it.The

We've been having problems with mold in our house. Can't find the source
yet, but when I put a petri dish from the mold test lab out for even 10
minutes it starts growing all sorts of mold. The lab tests for what type of
mold it is, but I'm more concerned with what kills it. Most ...

Congratulations! The world Youth Day!
The day of 2005-11-10 is the World Youth Day! I have been 25 years old.
And I wish the youth of all of world can be happy and do our best to
contribute to the society.

Hydrogen is being hyped as a "clean fuel" so I'm wondering if there are
any bacteria (or other micro-organisms) that produce lots of hydrogen
and little that is unpleasant.  If they produce it from some readily
available raw material that has no other use, that would be especially

We've been having problems with mold in our house. Can't find the source yet, but when I put a petri dish from the mold test lab out for even 10 minutes it starts growing all sorts of mold. The lab tests for what type of mold it is, but I'm more concerned with what kills it. Most ...

Ok, if I have a Chlamydia or Gonorrhea infection in my prostate,
epididymis or testicles, will a DNA prob test on a urethral swap detect
these infections?  How about on a semen sample?  I've been fighting
(and losing) a battle with testicle pain for 18 months.  I've been

Dear Sir or Madam:
I am a student of Sichuan University in the city of Chengdu, China. My
name is Sheng Jiang. I major in infectious disease.
I am studying beta-lactamase in China. I want to get some advice from

Has anybody tried to extract plasmid DNA pTrcHis2B form E. coli strain
(such as DH5alpha)?. I tried to follow the protocol given by
invitrogen, but the efficiency is very low, I get less than 30-50ng per
uL when diluting DNA in 20uL water in the end of the mini/midi prep