[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: alternatives to bleach for getting sterile aquatic plant sam



Hello all:

<lots snipped>
>allelopathic properties to fight the algae. Coincidentally, I 
>noticed a recession of Spirogyra after I added a capsule of a strong 
>antibiotic (250mg Dalacin-C / 50gal) to treat blue green algae. 

Wild ass guess here, but Spirogyra has a particularily unusual spiral 
chloroplast with a very large surface area to volume ratio, and given 
that chloroplasts are really symbiotic cyanobacteria, perhaps this 
causes its sensitivity?

Jacques 
___________________________________________________

Jacques Gerber
Botany Department
Rhodes University
Grahamstown
6140
South Africa

Dept Tel#: 046 6038596
Dept Fax#: 046 6225524
Home Tel#: 046 6225000
___________________________________________________