Malt

malt extract will prob be adequate. How do you plan to id - and th what extent (genus, species?)

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Malt extract agar

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It might be interesting to compare the amylase activity of human saliva with amylase from a different source, for example malt. I've not done this; has anyone here tried measuring amylase activity in malt? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malt

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It;s hard to imagine that anyone wgo had worked in microbiology would not be familiar with nutrient agar. Malt agar is not a good general purpose medium. I recommend trypticase soy agar as recommended for general recovery by FDA.

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... identification uses Colony and Cellular Morphologies. Maybe you can make pick a little spore from the mycelia and culture them in a cultue medium (Malt Extract Agar, or Czapeck Dox Agar) for at least 5 days until they grown well. After that, you can identify them by their Colony and Cellular Morphologies.

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