The water from the last rinse was collected in a 15 mL Falcon tube and half the volume was seeded on Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) medium in duplicate; the other half was subjected to DNA extraction for the validation of the disinfection method. After surface disinfection, the samples were ...
Dopamine (DA) is a biogenic monoamine reported to modulate insect hemocytes. Although the immune functions of DA are known in insects, there is a lack of knowledge of DA’s role in the immune system of ticks. The use ofMetarhizium anisopliaehas been considered for tick control, driving studi...
Try using a potato dextrose agar as a growth medium. Prepare a potato dextrose medium by boiling a 20 grams (0.71 oz) potato, 4 gm (2 tsp) of agar, and 2 gm (1 tsp) of dextrose in a beaker. Put this solution in a Petri dish and let it dry. Take some sterile cotton swabs and...
(control), 1.0% insecticidal soap, 0.02% AquaGro, or 0.1% mineral oil solutions. The prepared suspensions were stored at 4 °C. At t = 0, 1, 2, and 4 h, samples taken from the suspensions were diluted to 10−3and 10−4for plating on quarter-strength Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (...
microorganisms of food products, specifically in the meat industry [32]. The 4 filamentous molds were subcultured on Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) at 25 °C, for 7 days, 2 times. The 4 yeasts were subcultured in Potato Dextrose Broth (PDB) at 25 °C, for 48 h, 2 to 3 times (Table...