I've got my hogsback yeast sample, a 400x (back-lit) microscope and two slides in a cup of water, straight out the kettle.
so what sort of thing should i look out for?
(yes, 'yeast' would be the obvious answer!)
using a microscope
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steve_flack
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Chappie519
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Gurgeh
hmmm...
filthy equipment unfortunately, but could see yeast hanging around in groups of 2-7. hardly saw any single cells so take that as encouraging.
obviously the more i looked the more the slide dried out until i couldn't make anything out.
I think i saw some bacteria - it looked like a + sign made up of half a dozen particles that looked like cooked long-grain rice. the whole assemblage was smaller than a yeast cell. Only saw one of these things.
lots of things that looked like flakes - impossible to focus on satisfactorily. would that be protein, dust or undissolved DME?
it would be interesting to see the same starter again in a couple of days, but sadly it's the last day of term and i'm on holiday until the new year
filthy equipment unfortunately, but could see yeast hanging around in groups of 2-7. hardly saw any single cells so take that as encouraging.
obviously the more i looked the more the slide dried out until i couldn't make anything out.
I think i saw some bacteria - it looked like a + sign made up of half a dozen particles that looked like cooked long-grain rice. the whole assemblage was smaller than a yeast cell. Only saw one of these things.
lots of things that looked like flakes - impossible to focus on satisfactorily. would that be protein, dust or undissolved DME?
it would be interesting to see the same starter again in a couple of days, but sadly it's the last day of term and i'm on holiday until the new year
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delboy
The bacteria would only really be visible if they was a decent sized infection, they will appear as tiny barely visible black dots that seem to be moving about by brownian motion.Gurgeh wrote:hmmm...
filthy equipment unfortunately, but could see yeast hanging around in groups of 2-7. hardly saw any single cells so take that as encouraging.
obviously the more i looked the more the slide dried out until i couldn't make anything out.
I think i saw some bacteria - it looked like a + sign made up of half a dozen particles that looked like cooked long-grain rice. the whole assemblage was smaller than a yeast cell. Only saw one of these things.
lots of things that looked like flakes - impossible to focus on satisfactorily. would that be protein, dust or undissolved DME?
it would be interesting to see the same starter again in a couple of days, but sadly it's the last day of term and i'm on holiday until the new year
At least that what they look like when our tissue culture cells get infected
The flakes are probably coagulated proteins i would have thought