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Article #4460Re: anything that kills bacteria but not yeast?
From: Ron Emaus
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 11:59
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 11:59
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Michael Levin (mlevin@husc8.harvard.edu) wrote: : : Is there any agent that can be put in media which will discourage : bacterial growth, but won't bother yeast? If you know of anything like : that, please email mlevin@husc8.harvard.edu. : : Mike Levin Yeast love to grow at pH 4 - 4.5; It's a very rare bacterium that will tolerate such conditions. I would question my sources if the media recipe called for pH > 6. Recall that women get yeast infections, not bacterial infections because the vaginal environment is acidic. Also note that they use "monistat" a fungicide to retard yeast growth (not kill it). Antibiotics are not used to treat yeast infections. --Ron Emaus Former biochemist and grower of yeast.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107c0a,382040989037f72 X-Google-Attributes: gid107c0a,public X-Google-Thread: 105a11,c5d0416cf8f8e13c X-Google-Attributes: gid105a11,public X-Google-Thread: f8e22,c5d0416cf8f8e13c X-Google-Attributes: gidf8e22,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-09-13 05:07:57 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!library.ucla.edu!news.mic.ucla.edu!unixg.ubc.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!destroyer!news.itd.umich.edu!cedar.cic.net!remaus From: remaus@cedar.cic.net (Ron Emaus) Newsgroups: sci.bio,bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts,bionet.cellbiol Subject: Re: anything that kills bacteria but not yeast? Date: 13 Sep 1993 11:59:10 GMT Organization: GLIN -- Great Lakes Information Network Lines: 20 Distribution: world Message-ID: <271nae$4bs@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu> References: <270jg2$m5q@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cedar.cic.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]