Question about microbacter 7

[Aiptaisia anemone]

I received my microbacter 7 last week and i got it warm like prolly 90-100 degrees.. im not sure if its still alive. Is it?

 

[blaxsun]

I received my microbacter 7 last week and i got it warm like prolly 90-100 degrees.. im not sure if its still alive. Is it?

I mean, I see it on store shelves all the time - so it doesn't need to be refrigerated until it's opened. I think as long as it's not frozen you'll be ok?

 

[w8lifts]

I’ve had it shipped here in Texas during summer 100+ and it worked
Just fine

 

[Aiptaisia anemone]

I’ve had it shipped here in Texas during summer 100+ and it worked
Just fine

wait howd you even know it works...? is your tank just cycling?

 

[Aiptaisia anemone]

i just bought a microscope to see if the bacteria are still alive

 

[kyleinpdx]

i just bought a microscope to see if the bacteria are still alive

depending on what you've purchased and how familiar you are with microscopy I'm not confident you'll be able to see/find anything.

Have you ever prepared and stained a sample on a slide before? These types of products do not contain "live" bacteria just swimming around, hanging out. These are microbial cysts, or the dormant stage of some forms of bacteria that will require specific circumstance before they awaken and begin to reproduce.

 

[w8lifts]

wait howd you even know it works...? is your tank just cycling?

I was lowering nitrates with it at the time during my ugly stage

 

[Aiptaisia anemone]

depending on what you've purchased and how familiar you are with microscopy I'm not confident you'll be able to see/find anything.

Have you ever prepared and stained a sample on a slide before? These types of products do not contain "live" bacteria just swimming around, hanging out. These are microbial cysts, or the dormant stage of some forms of bacteria that will require specific circumstance before they awaken and begin to reproduce.

can the cyst surive 100 degree heat?

 

[kyleinpdx]

can the cyst surive 100 degree heat?

enough will absolutely. I'd bet you could completely dry them out and expose them to 125-150*f without complete loss of viability.

Wikipedia link

A microbial cyst is a resting or dormant stage of a microorganism, usually a bacterium or a protist or rarely an invertebrate animal, that helps the organism to survive in unfavorable environmental conditions. It can be thought of as a state of suspended animation in which the metabolic processes of the cell are slowed and the cell ceases all activities like feeding and locomotion. Encystment, the formation of the cyst, also helps the microbe to disperse easily, from one host to another or to a more favorable environment. When the encysted microbe reaches an environment favorable to its growth and survival, the cyst wall breaks down by a process known as excystation. In excystment, the exact stimulus is unknown for most protists.[1]

Unfavorable environmental conditions such as lack of nutrients or oxygen, extreme temperatures, lack of moisture and presence of toxic chemicals, which are not conducive for the growth of the microbe[2] trigger the formation of a cyst.

The main functions of cysts are to protect against adverse changes in the environment such as nutrient deficiency, desiccation, adverse pH, and low levels of oxygen, they are sites for nuclear reorganization and cell division, and in parasitic species they are the infectious stage between hosts.[3]

 

[Aiptaisia anemone]

enough will absolutely. I'd bet you could completely dry them out and expose them to 125-150*f without complete loss of viability.

Wikipedia link

thank you thats all i wanted to know

 

[Aiptaisia anemone]

though kinda disappointed that i wouldnt be able to see the bacteria