How We Raise Paramecium, Easily, in Large Numbers

Authors

Eugene C. Bovee, University of KansasFollow
Sandra C. Thompson, University of KansasFollow
Mercedes L. Acuña, University of KansasFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

We use more Paramecium spp. in our Physiological Protozoology course at the University of Kansas than any other cells, and use them in great numbers each week, so that we wish to avoid the cost of buying them commercially. Therefore, we raise our own cultures. For over twenty years the senior author has used the easy method described here to raise large numbers of Paramecium aurelia, P. cauclatum, or P. multimicronucleatum, with consistent success.

Publication Date

February 1971

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers' Journal

Volume

8

Issue

3

First Page

22

Last Page

23

Comments

The issue containing this article is mislabeled as February 1970.

Copyright

© Copyright 1971 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Bovee, Eugene C.; Thompson, Sandra C.; and Acuña, Mercedes L. (1971) "How We Raise Paramecium, Easily, in Large Numbers," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 8: No. 3, Article 10.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol8/iss3/10