Bacterial Production of Gellan Gum as a Do-It-Yourself Alternative to Agar
Lack of access to reagents and equipment can make performing microbiology experiments difficult in K-12 classrooms and do-it-yourself (DIY) science settings. We demonstrate how the bacterium Sphingomonas paucimobilis can be used to synthesize gellan gum, an alternative to agar, with materials availa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education |
| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.v19i2.1530 |