Category: Plant pathology lab

Steam and pressure sterilization for use with fungal and bacterial cultures/pathogens

Zeiss Stero Discovery V8 stereoscope with manual 8X zoom comes equipped with a colour camera and Axio vision software

We also have a temperature controller shaker for growing liquid fungal cultures

We have three shakers available for growing fungal liquid cultures  

We have two small microprocessor controlled waterbaths available. They feature temperature setpoint with 0.1°C precision. Temperature range from ambient to 99°C

The Mini-Beadbeater-16 disrupts microbial cells and plant and animal tissue by by agitating four to sixteen standard microcentrifuge tubes containing small ceramic beads and disruption buffer. In the presence of nucleic acid extraction media DNA or RNA is recovered.

We have a range of incubators used to culture fungi: Dark at 17C, 21C, 14C, and one with a range of -5C to 40C; plus one with 12h light and 12h dark at 21C.

Two light racks for growing fungi in Petri plates at room temperature. We also have similar capabilities for growing plant material in Petri plates under light. 

This Clean air bench workstation is used for pouring plates and working with fungal cultures in a clean environment

pH Meter