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Edvotek™ Bioremediation by Oil-eating Bacteria
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Catalog No. S68637
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Class Size:
10 Lab Groups

Description

Includes

instructions, oil-eating microbes (powder), growth media, petri plates, 1N HCl, 1M NaOH, tetrazolium indicator powder, pH paper, and pipets

Requires

  • Shaking incubation oven or stirrer and stir bars
  • Autoclave
  • Vegetable oil and other food oils

Examine the process by which compounds are broken down by microbes.

Bioremediation enhances this natural process to mitigate the effects of oil spills or other pollution events.

  • Grow a mixture of oil-eating bacteria
  • Demonstrate how their enzymes digest hydrocarbon molecules, promoting degradation

Specifications

Product Type Simulation Kit
Grade 9 to Undergraduate
For Use With (Application) To demonstrate bioremediation by oil eating bacteria
Includes Instructions, oil eating bacteria, growth medium, pipets
Time Range 50 min.
Content And Storage Room temperature
Class Size 10 Lab Groups
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