Teach your students how to grow a lawn of microbes on an agar plate using the safe, visually stimulating microbe,
Halobacterium sp. NRC-1, and step-by-step instructions.
Halobacterium is an earthly model of organisms that could be found on Mars. This kit is a great way to introduce your students to this novel model microbe and can be used as a precursor for the Extremely Easy DNA Extraction Kit (item# 154773). Developed by Priya and Shil DasSarma in collaboration with Carolina™ Biological Supply Company. Designed for 32 students. Contains perishable materials.
Kit includes:
- Halobacterium Agar
- Liquid Halobacterium Culture
- Petri Dishes
- Pipets
- Spreaders
- Salt
- Tubes for Serial Dilutions
- Teacher's Manual with Masters for Student Worksheets
Needed but not included: (suggested products listed below)- Hand Lens or Dissecting Scope
- Bunsen Burner
- Resealable Plastic Bags or Boxes
