Home Introduction Procedure Sample Results Bibliography Contact Us Acknowledgements

                                              Troubleshooting

 

 1. You must always wear saftey goggles and gloves when dealing with any chemicals

2. Be very careful not to spill chemcials but if you do this notify a supervisor and follow saftey directions

3. Clean up all spills immediately

4. Wear long pants and long sleeve shirts to aviod bug bites

5. Use bug spray

6. Check the weather and prepare accordingly

7. If it rains you have to super saturate your plots

8. Preform the fungal density test, serial dilution and sulfate test simultaneously

9. Water all plots at the same time

 
10. Pour the water in slowly so that the soil can absorb all the water  
11. We used 3M Petrifilm™ Yeast and Mold Count Plates for our nutrient agar
12. For our chemical test kit we used the LaMotte Combination Soil model STH-14 test kit.
13.  Whenever working with micro organism remember to follow sterile proticol
a. Put pipet tips in bleach solution 
b. The serological pipet must not touch anything and be put back in its casing until its ready for use       
c.The 1cc scoops must be washed after every scoop of soil is taken
d. Be sure to wipe down any work surfaces exposed to possible microbes with 70% alcohol