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Powfam06
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Project Question: I am doing a project on disinfecting water with UV light. The Tryptic soy agar plates listed are not available. What should I use instead?
Project Due Date: March 16,2012
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Tryptic soy agar plates

Post by Powfam06 »

The Tryptic soy agar plates for testing water disinfected by uv light are not available at the sciencekit website. what should I get instead?
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Re: Tryptic soy agar plates

Post by deleted-80002 »

Hi Powfam06,

There are other kinds of media that you can use. LB agar (Luria Bertani) works just as well. You can also try nutrient agar. If you post a link to the website you are looking at I can take a look at the kinds of plates the sell.

Here is a link to our page about agar plates:

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... Agar.shtml

-Kierstyn
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