Errol wrote:
> This would be a very worthwhile experiment for you to learn about
> microbiology, but BE CAREFUL. If you expose any plates to the air and
> grow them up then you should seal them and never open them. You can
> seal the plates with celotape all the way around the plate so nothing
> can escape and I would also suggest contacting someone at the
> university for advice.
Anyway, I am still amazed about this thread. How those dreadfull
pathogens are going to grow on the plate and kill the whole Riffi's
school? Common sense is not eating or introducing the colonies in your
nostrils. A very other thing, don´t grow bacteria in a plate.
Bacteria are around, you know. And they grow in everyplace. Opening a
Petri dish and let them grow is more or less as forgeting chicken salad
in the kitchen countertop and go fishing for a week. There is no
regulation for the disposal of that salad. Be careful! Maybe we should
ask the authorities to provide information to homes about this dangerous
procedure! Call 911 and don´t think of washing the salad bowl yorself!
-Rafa
