From owner-dros@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Mon Sep 27 18:46:38 2004 Return-Path: X-Original-To: dros-outgoing Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with SMTP id 63BF67D0E6 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:46:38 +0100 (BST) X-Original-To: dros-list@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D2FA7D11F for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:46:37 +0100 (BST) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 6020) id 9C5787D11C; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:46:33 +0100 (BST) X-Original-To: bionet-drosophila@net.bio.net Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35B977D0E6 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:02:09 +0100 (BST) Received: from trinity.supernews.net (trinity.ranger.supernews.net [216.168.1.22]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA63A7D0C9 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:02:06 +0100 (BST) Received: from oa.cs.moravian.edu ([204.186.196.83]:62189) by trinity.supernews.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.42 (FreeBSD)) id 1CByPP-000OZ9-P1 for bionet-drosophila@moderators.isc.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:31:36 +0000 Received: from oa.cs.moravian.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oa.cs.moravian.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i8RGUP2j034021 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 12:30:25 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from news@oa.cs.moravian.edu) Received: (from news@localhost) by oa.cs.moravian.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i8RGUMtZ034020 for bionet-drosophila@moderators.isc.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 12:30:22 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from news) To: bionet-drosophila@moderators.isc.org From: Chris Jones Newsgroups: bionet.drosophila Subject: Re: Bacteria problem. Organization: Moravian College Biology Dept. Message-ID: References: X-Trace: oa.cs.moravian.edu 1096302622 34015 204.186.176.34 (27 Sep 2004 16:30:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@cs.moravian.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:30:22 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.4 (PPC Mac OS X) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:46:33 +0100 (BST) Sender: owner-dros@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk In article , emoryal wrote: > HEre at WFU (North Carolina, USA) we are having a problem with bacteria > in out student fly cultures. We are treating with amp. but with limited > effectiveness. Does the use of yeast make a difference? Any suggestions > would be helpful. > > A. Emory Search the newsgroup; I posted what antibiotics we used several years ago, when bacterial contamination was (supposedly) a problem in the lab. I don't remember the details, but I don't have to, thanks to the 'net ;) .