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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My daughters and I want to get some petri dishes
and collect samples from what is flying around in the air in the house and see
if there is mold and other such things. We plan to collect samples in some kind
of medium in the dishes and culture it so we can get decent samples for
microscopes. Then we would like to look at it in the microscope and find out
what we have. It should be a fun experiment for us all. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anyone know what kinds of media I should use
for collecting and culturing the samples? Or, does anyone know of a website
resource for comparing samples with photographs? Our main concern is that
we have Strachybotrys running around, but others may be present as well.
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