Innovating Science™ Introduction to Microbiology: Bacterial Growth and Staining Kit

Description

• Students can perform a simple staining technique on bacterial cells to study the morphology of the bacteria with a microscope They will also perform a differential staining technique, Gram staining, on bacterial cells to determine if the collected bacteria are Gram-positive, Gram-negative or both Kit provides enough materials for 15 setups Requires compound 4X, 10X or 40X microscope (not included) Kit Includes: Prepared nutrient agar (2 x 200 mL) Methylene blue (30 mL) Crystal violet (30 mL) Gram's iodine (30 mL) Safranin O (30 mL) 95% Ethanol (4 x 30 mL) 72 Microscope slides 20 Sterile Petri dishes 40 Sterile cotton swabs