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Carolina™ Physarum Culture Kit
Despite its confusing taxonomic status, the creeping slime mold Physarum polycephalum is still an attention-getter for your students.
Supplier: Carolina Biological Supply 155825
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Includes:
- 30 Physarum Life Cycle Bioreview™ Sheets
- Physarum polycephalum plate culture (plasmodial stage)
- Physarum Sclerotium
- 4 bottles agar, non-nutrient (2%)
- 20 sterile Petri dishes
- Old-fashoned oat flakes
- Sterile disposable scalpel
- Autoclave disposal bag
Description
Students can follow the life cycle, observing the active plasmodial stage and the inactive sclerotial stage.
- Easy to perform
- Requires no experience in microbiology
- For a class of 30
Note: Upon receipt of kit, break seal on plate culture and store at room temperature away from direct light. For best results, use plate culture within 2 to 3 days of receipt. Kit and perishable components will ship separately and may arrive on different days.
Specifications
| Students can follow the life cycle, observing the active plasmodial stage and the inactive sclerotial stage. | |
| Physarum | |
| Class of 30 students |
| Ea. | |
| 30 Physarum life cycle Bioreview™ sheets, Physarum polycephalum plate culture (plasmodial stage), Physarum Sclerotium, 4 bottles agar, non-nutrient (2%), 20 sterile petri dishes, old fashioned oat flakes, sterile disposable scalpel | |
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