Project 1) What’s in the Air?

Endophyte Culture Plate

ANSWER:    All kinds of stuff, but very different from those we find in Magnolia.

Experiment: MEA (malt extract agar) or PDA (potato dextrose agar) plates were left open for 16-24 hours in the lab, sealed with parafilm and incubated at room temperature for 4-5 days.

Results: These fungi are a different population than those we have found in Magnolia – but some are often seen as contaminants in our cultures.

Endophyte Culture Plate

 

 

 

 

 

Endophyte Culture Plate

Culture plates left open 16-24 hours in Room 117A1 Winston Hall, sealed and incubated an additional 4-5 days