The Food Preferences, Competition, and Cooperation in Social Amoebae Kit includes: Dictyostelium discoideum NC4 Plate Culture Dictyostelium discoideum V12M2 Plate Culture Polysphondylium pallidum Plate Culture Dictyostelium purpureum Plate Culture Escherichia coli B (nonmucoid on lactose peptone) Bacillus megaterium Bacillus subtilis Psuedomonas Fluorescens 40 Sterile Petri Dishes Lactose Peptone Agar Nonnutrient Agar with BSS Bottle Sussman's Medium Bottle (100 mL) Bonner's Salt Powdered Mix 10 Spreaders 50 Dropping Pipets 30 Sterile Disposable Inoculating Loops 25 Centrifuge Tubes (15 mL) Autoclave Disposal Bag Instructions

Advanced - For experienced high school and college classes; requires some technical skill.For a class of 30. Developed by Donna Bozzone, Saint Michael's College. Students culture Dictyostelium and other social amoebae and use them to investigate a number of basic ecological problems.

How do different species share or compete for resources to permit survival? How do social amoebae partition their niches? Do different species have different food preferences? Do different mating strains influence each other's feeding? Includes teacher instructions and suggestions for further inquiry.

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