Is there any quick microbiology or microorganisms experiments?
Expt 1. Growing a Baker’s Yeast Culture Growing a yeast culture is simple and easy, yet it introduces many concepts you need to understand if you want to conduct a serious microbiology project. This experiment will demostrate some of the biochemical principles used to identify bacteria and yeast species. You can find everything you need at home or in the grocery store and that is the first reason we are beginning with bakers yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, but another reason is that since we eat yeast, we know it is safe for beginners to work with. This simple experiment can be expanded into many more complex experiments and become an outstanding science project. The standard steps for growing a microbe are * study the literature (books, journals, and web) to learn what food, light, temperature, and other conditions it needs for growth, or just make a guess from your knowledge of its habitat. * prepare the culture medium (the liquid or agar mixture for growing it) * put the medium in
