Reliable information on Serratia Bacteria that I can cite?

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Hi. I’ll try and make this as concise as possible.

I am doing a lab report for my biology class regarding a specific type of bacteria called S. marcescens.

One of the easiest parts of this lab report I can not seem to get past.

I need to find a reliable source that states the optimal growth conditions (specifically temperature and PH for now) for this bacteria. We performed our own test in lab and observed what we saw as the optimal conditions but I need to find someplace else that either states the "generally known” optimal condition or another paper describing someone else that performed a similar study and state whatever they observed.

The only place I can find info on this is MicrobeWiki which states its source as Wikipedia, which is not considered a reliable source.

I found other papers out there testing for other things related to S. marcescens and they state the known optimal growth temp as 30°C but cite no source.

Is there some kind of bacteria science database out there that records this information and excepts it as standard that I can cite? I just need to move on from this.

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Hi DrewJ,

Thank you for your question. You are on the right track to finding a reliable source of information you can cite. Try using google scholar (https://scholar.google.com/) to look for papers that focus on S. marcesans. When you are reading through the papers pay close attention to the Methods section where they talk about how they grew the bacteria. Since there may be a range of growth conditions acceptable for growing S. marcesans, look through several Methods sections for comparison.

Some journals that you can look at might be:
Annual Review of Microbiology
FEMS Microbiology Reviews
PLoS Pathogens
Trends in Microbiology
ISME Journal

If you are still having trouble finding information please reply.

Stephanie