Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

If i do decide to do a project about bioremidiation with algae/bacteria where would i purchase them? Any Ideas?

Hi again!
So there are a bunch of websites that do sell these types of materials, although definitely get an adult to help you out with all of that.

http://www.biodieselnow.com/algae1/f/13/t/18555.aspx

http://www.biology-online.org/biology-f ... it=Factory

Also consult your science teacher about it, many times they already order materials from reliable sources! Best of luck again!

Hi,

Microbiology projects can be fasciating. Please also be sure to review our safety guidelines, specific to microbiolgy, here - https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... fety.shtml.

You may also want to try Carolina Biologicals at http://www.carolina.com/category/living+organisms.do.

Thanks for those sites, do you know of any others? Please reply soon, I have my research due the 20th!

Hi!
These websites might help you out as well:

http://algae-planet.com/algae.html

http://www.ATCC.org

http://www.pasteur.fr

Hope this helps!

is there any way i can purchase the specific algae called coccolithophorid algae? O anything similar?

Hi K-Rock,

One suggestion would be to see if a research lab in a nearby university works with coccolithophorid algae. Someone there might be able to give you some, or could direct you to where the lab purchases its algae.

I also found a thesis online, looking at the culture of coccolithophorid algae for bioremediation: http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.a ... 2Whole.pdf

In this thesis, the author mentions getting strains of algae from the Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton, Biglow Laboratory, Maine. You might try looking up that laboratory and asking whether you could get some algae for your science fair project.

Good luck!
Heather