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C-Fern Educational Kits

More Pressures of Life Kit (15-6748)

  Hermaphroditic and male C-Fern gametophytes
 
C-Fern Educational Materials are available from Carolina Biological Supply Company. For information please contact Carolina Biological at http://www.carolina.com or
call: 800-334-5551
fax 800-222-7112.
 
C-Fern Educational Kits

Includes material in the Pressures of Life Kit 15-6755 and an additional investigation in which students use serial dilution of spore suspensions to estimate the weight of an individual spore. The cultures can then be used to run Kit 15-6755. Materials for 30 individuals. Experiment time is 14 - 28 days.

  • *1 Vial Presterilized Wild Type (RNWT1) C-Fern (Ceratopteris) Spores
  • *4 Bottles C-Fern Basic Medium
  • *40 Sterile Petri Dishes 60 x 15mm
  • *Sterile Water
  • *10 Sterile Pipets
  • Pen
  • Culture Dome
  • *10 Sterile Spore Spreaders
  • 6 Rulers
  • *6 Sterile Tubes

15-6749. Refurbishment Set for 15-6748. Includes all items with *.