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Cells, Microbes & Viruses / Is shaking a culture of strict aerobes required daily?
« on: 01/10/2011 10:43:44 »
Greetings,
Our undergraduate thesis about biodegradation requires us to use orbital shakers for a month.
That was fine and good... until we found out how much it costs to rent one O_O
So its either we will build a DIY orbital shaker
or
We limit shaking to certain intervals, like once a week?
We are testing on Pseudomonas. My question is, can we shake them only once a week? Cause if we can we could still afford renting orbital shakers, but if it requires non-stop 24/7 then we have no choice but to build one for our own.
Does anybody know where I could find some schematics for such? No I'm not going to build it myself, but buying the parts and hiring a machinist to do it could be cheaper than renting a shaker for a whole month
Our undergraduate thesis about biodegradation requires us to use orbital shakers for a month.
That was fine and good... until we found out how much it costs to rent one O_O
So its either we will build a DIY orbital shaker
or
We limit shaking to certain intervals, like once a week?
We are testing on Pseudomonas. My question is, can we shake them only once a week? Cause if we can we could still afford renting orbital shakers, but if it requires non-stop 24/7 then we have no choice but to build one for our own.
Does anybody know where I could find some schematics for such? No I'm not going to build it myself, but buying the parts and hiring a machinist to do it could be cheaper than renting a shaker for a whole month