About microscopic forms of life, including Bacteria, Archea,
protozoans, algae and fungi. Topics relating to viruses, viroids
and prions also belong here. Hi, I have been doing a project on
sampling fungi but I have been incubating samples 37 degrees.
The project is related to human health so i suppose i could say
that i was just attempting to isolate pathogens, does anyone
have any helpful advice, can it be rescued, can i reincubate at
a lower temperature or will i have killed the spores off? Last
edited by stopherlogic on Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:46 am, edited 2
times in total. If I recall correctly, +37C is bit too high for
most human pathogen fungi, because they are mainly adapted to
live outside the human body (on skin, nails, mucous membranes),
where the temperature is generally lower. However, I don't think
that +37C kills them either, it just isn't optimal. Fungi often
take longer to grow (especially from spores) than most bacteria,
so you may also have to wait a while before you see anything.
And make sure