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Techniques useful in a range of experiments

Here are instructions on how to carry out standard techniques used in a variety of different experiments.

  • Aseptic techniques [2]
  • Incubating and viewing plates [3]
  • Maintaining and preparing cultures of bacteria and yeasts [4]
  • Making a calibration curve for starch concentration [5]
  • Making a pour plate [6]
  • Making a spread or 'lawn' plate [7]
  • Making a streak plate [8]
  • Making serial dilutions [9]
  • Making up nutrient agars [10]
  • Pouring an agar plate [11]
  • Testing leaves for starch: the technique [12]

 


Source URL: http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/practical-biology/standard-techniques

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[1] http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/practical-biology
[2] http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/content/aseptic-techniques
[3] http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/content/incubating-and-viewing-plates
[4] http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/content/maintaining-and-preparing-cultures-bacteria-and-yeasts
[5] http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/content/making-calibration-curve-starch-concentration
[6] http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/content/making-pour-plate
[7] http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/content/making-spread-or-‘lawn’-plate
[8] http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/content/making-streak-plate
[9] http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/content/making-serial-dilutions
[10] http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/content/making-nutrient-agars
[11] http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/content/pouring-agar-plate
[12] http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/content/testing-leaves-starch-technique