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Contaminate

Contaminate

to cause or result in contamination.

Origin: L. Con-tamino, to mingle, corrupt


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Re: How to be "good at the bench"

... work quickly when you open enzymes, primers, etc. Don’t leave a bottle open!! 8. Minimize fast motions in air, for it generates aerosols which can contaminate. So pipette gently, don’t wave pipettes with solutions in air, and don’t swirl the bottles. 9. Avoid pouring, and always use pipettes to ...

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by jangajarn
Sat May 23, 2009 7:15 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How to be "good at the bench"
Replies: 3
Views: 1440

Re: Important unknown nanotech within humans

... the mod who deleted this thread straight away without expanation are you not? cross contamination is not an issue because your not likely to "contaminate" the sample with higly advanced nanotechnology are you?, it was only the initial sample of the chemtrails which was as you describe ...

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by vincio
Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:42 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Important unknown nanotech within humans
Replies: 28
Views: 6293

MRSA and Staph.aureus treatment?

I understand, but in some case there is enough shedding that it can contaminate the environment and put other at risk : I know at least one person, he was a butcher, who had to be put away for a few month because he was shedding enough bacteria to contaminatie ...

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by canalon
Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:15 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: MRSA and Staph.aureus treatment?
Replies: 4
Views: 787

Bacteria in the air?

... in my country (tropical country), tiny things in the air are so many and I would say they're not bacteria. They're fungal spores, which ready to contaminate every culture medium if the person who works carelessly :p

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by victor
Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:26 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Bacteria in the air?
Replies: 9
Views: 1768

Bacteriophages and Acne?

I read this article, and found something concerning: When phages burst out of the victim's cell, they leave behind debris that can contaminate the solution. This debris can prove fatal to humans, a problem that the purification technologies of the early days were unable to solve. Those ...

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by Nate3000
Tue May 27, 2008 5:46 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Bacteriophages and Acne?
Replies: 6
Views: 1988
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