Salts

... to drink a lot of water - 6-8 liters a day. This is even greater at times when I have done lots of exercise. I also take Adderall (amphetamine salts) for adult ADD - which tends to dehydrate me somewhat and make that water intake amount necessary. I'll wake up with only a slightly distended ...

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Could someone help me understand how and why pH and salts affect DNA extraction? Thanks! :D

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... amino acids and yeast extract, and just amino acids. It grew without oxygen and with oxygen. It grew on MacConkey agar but not on mannitol salts agar. No amylase. It is a fermenter. It produced acid but no gas in a phenol-red with glucose containing a Durham tube. MR+/VP-. In a triple sugar ...

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... Growth on glucose & a.a. Growth Growth on glucose, a.a. & yeast extract Growth Aerobic/anaerobic Aerobic MacConkey agar No Growth Mannitol salts agar No Growth Amylase No Growth Citrate No Growth Oxidation/fermentation Pink/Orange No Growth Glucose; acid/gas Can’t Produce Acid or Gas From ...

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... by Alan Holden and Phyllis Morrison. It contains a bunch of "how to" recipies for growing crystals of a number of commonly found salts. If you google "crystallization" or "crystal growth" you will get a mixed bag of sites. Some maybe useful links: Answers given ...

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