Thursday, 26 April 2018

Specimens ready to sequence!

Seven sub cultures have been grown from the three Kombucha samples, Sample 1 - SCOBY bought in New Zealand, sample 2 - drink marketed by LoBros in New Zealand, and sample 3 - drink marketed by Remedy in Australia.


The cultures were pure, except of Sample 1D, which showed signs of contamination. Specimen 1D was re-plated, as only pure strains can go for genetic sequencing.  The seven cultures, 3 yeasts and 4 bacteria, were each given a unique codes: BB1 to BB7.