I am losing my mite culture again and again. I tried using Nipagin, but I realized that this antifungal is toxic to dust mites.
I think these fungi come from the dust when I transfer the mites to a culture plate.
Do you know how can i avoid this king of contamination?
Thank you so much!
Everton.
you first fumigate the house with formaldehyde... by simple keeping the solution in petridish at four corners of room close the room for 24 hrs..discard plates...
Dear Everton Monteiro
Fungi will grow on a nutrient medium. What kind of culture medium do you use? Then I may give you advice. I also experience these difficulties with insects. How does acetylsalicylic acid act on the mites? I add it so that mold fungi do not grow. It does not kill insects. I also use an air ozonizer, ozone does not harm.
Regards, Sergey Viktorovich Pushkin
Try to maintain dryness, avoid using excessive commercial humidifiers.
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