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Edvotek™ Water Quality Testing I: Chromogenic Analysis of Water Bacteria Contaminants
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Includes

instructions, BactoBeads™, ReadyPour™ Agar, fluorescent reagents, Petri dishes, inoculating loops, sterile swabs, microtubes

Requires

Longwave UV lamp, microscope, slides and coverslips

Students will test for coliforms in simulated contaminated water, and can test water samples from the environment.

Safe drinking water is vitally important to health. Both pathogenic and harmless bacteria can be found in the guts of mammals and birds. Presence of coliforms in water is an indicator of fecal contamination.

  • Testing for coliforms, including E. coli, using color and fluorescent reagents
  • Extension activity includes Gram Stain test that can be performed on the collected samples
  • Test duration: complete in 30 minutes and grow overnight

Specifications

Includes

Instructions, BactoBeads™, coliform detection broth, indole detection reagent, nutrient broth, sterile water, tubes, sterile pipets, and inoculating loops

Requires

Long wave UV lamp

Time Range

Complete in 30 minutes and grow overnight

Content And Storage

Some components require refrigerator storage.

Class Size

10 Lab Groups

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