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== Laboratory Needs ==  | == Laboratory Needs ==  | ||
:[https://www.wepay.com/donations/gonorrhea-eradication-team Your Financial Support]  | |||
:CO2 incubator (we've built a prototype incubator but it has no CO2 component). We can grow these organisms in candle jars inside the incubator which means we need candle jars and candles.  | |||
:Benchtop butane torches.  | |||
:Sterilized toothpicks.  | |||
:MTM agar plates '''(ordered!)'''  | |||
:Fastidious Broth <ref>Cultivation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Liquid Media and Determination of Its In Vitro Susceptibilities to Quinolones. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1234085/</ref>  | |||
:Glass test-tubes.  | |||
:Maltose for differentiation of N. meningiditis vs. N. gonorrhoeae.  | |||
:Rayon Swabs and tongue depressors ('''ordered!''')  | |||
:-80c Freezer to store glycerol stocks of clinical samples.    | |||
:Ultracentrifuge  | |||
:SDS-PAGE gel electrophoresis equipment and reagents.  | |||
:Autoclave  | |||
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: '''''much much much more'''''.  | : '''''much much much more'''''.  | ||
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== Relevance ==  | == Relevance ==  | ||
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