Journal of Bridget Bear's placement at Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, as part of phase 1 of the Science Teaching Leadership Programme 2018
Sunday, 15 April 2018
Checking Kombucha sub cultures
By Day 3, all the subcultures of Kombucha showed some evidence of growth, some more than others. The cultures growing on BHI were the slowest growing.
After some instruction, I took photos of all the subcultures and kept a record of photos digitally.
The camera was a very sophisticated piece of equipment.
When recording growth, the convention is that the day when cultures are plated is Day 0, then numerically after that. Days can be recorded as a minus number to indicate the days of preparation before plating, eg when making and concentrating liquid culture before plating.