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3.35: Control of Microbial Growth

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    91011
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    Preparation

    • prepare 3 TSA petri plates per student
    • spreadsheet with formulas preprared to calculate t-test results for the class results

    Materials

    • 3 TSA petri plates per student
    • sterile cotton swabs (3 per student)
    • sterile distilled or DI water in beakers, containers or cups (1 per group)
    • soap in squeeze bottles (1 per group)
    • disinfectant spray (1 per group)
    • markers
    • graph paper and rulers or computers for graphing (1 per student)
    • spreadsheet prepared to calculate t-test results for the class results

    This page titled 3.35: Control of Microbial Growth is shared under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Rosanna Hartline.

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