Isolation of sugar and antibiotic mutants in Chlorella vulgaris with a new replica plating technique

Author(s):  
Sipra Guha-Mukherjee ◽  
E.C. Keller
1965 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 629-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Stotzky

A replica plating method was developed to study ecology of microorganisms in soil. Precise placement of inocula and amendments at desired loci in sterile soil contained in petri plates were accomplished with a template. Subsequent growth and distribution of individual species, even when part of a mixed population, was measured by periodic transfer with an easily constructed replicator to agar plates of differing nutritional composition or containing selective inhibitors. The method is rapid and reproducible, and permits the study of many variables and interactions in a single soil plate; it can also be used with non-sterile soil and other suitable microbial habitats.


Nature ◽  
1963 ◽  
Vol 199 (4889) ◽  
pp. 198-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. VAN DE POL ◽  
C. M. A. VENDRIG ◽  
G. A. VAN ARKEL

1975 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 496-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Bibel ◽  
Joseph R. LeBrun

Aerobic flora from wet-occluded forearms of six volunteers was sampled the day before treatment, on the 3rd day when dressings were removed, and daily, when possible, for 8 days thereafter. Erythema was not present. All bacterial colonies appearing on appropriate dilution plates were identified with the aid of a replica-plating technique. Flora of each individual increased to over 104 colony-forming units/cm2 as a result of wet-occlusion, but counts rapidly fell by about 102 units once dressings were removed. Although similar types of bacteria were found on all subjects, the composition of each individual's flora during the recovery response appeared to be unique. Enterobacteriaceae were found on half the subjects with Enterobacter aerogenes being the most successful colonizer. Besides the expected presence of Baird-Parker Staphylococcus subgroup II, high numbers of subgroup IV and some colonies of subgroup III were also observed. Almost all cutaneous diphtheroids were lipophilic and lipolytic.


1970 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas H. Wood ◽  
Suresh K. Mahajan

SUMMARYA new type of apparatus for replica plating is described, which reduces operator error and fatigue. Several replica plates can be made immediately, thus eliminating the need for a master plate in many cases.


1977 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Börje Lindström

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