An inexpensive moist chamber culture technique for finding microbiota on live tree bark

• Published in: Applications in plant sciences Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. e11578 - n/a
• Main Authors: Bordelon, Ashley P., Keller, Harold W., Scarborough, Angela R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley and Sons Inc 01.03.2024; Wiley
• Subjects: biodiversity; fungi; myxomycetes; Protocol Note; slime molds; urban ecology; video; myxomycetes; biodiversity; video; fungi; urban ecology; slime molds

Traditional moist chamber cultures (MCs) prepared in aseptic laboratory environments using sterile Petri dishes are commonly used to quantify the microbiota of rough-bark tree species and woody vines. MCs are typically expensive and may be difficult to make, so a less expensive option made from easi...