Fungi+Removal

  **ATHLETE’S FOOT INHIBITOR. ** **Bari Applebaum.** The purpose of this lab was to determine what inhibitor is most effective against Athlete’s foot. Athlete’s foot fungus was represented by Aspergillus Niger. The fungus was streaked on Potato dextrose agar and the inhibitors garlic, tea tree oil and the topical cream clotrimazole were placed on the plate and put in the incubator. The inhibitor that had the largest zone of inhibition was the garlic, having an average area of 1.54 cm followed by the tea tree oil with an area of 1.07 cm and lastly the topical ointment with a zone of inhibition of .4cm. All the controls of the experiment had a zone of inhibition of 0cm. Key Words: Inhibition, Potato Dextrose Agar, Garlic, Tea Tree Oil, Clotrimazole, Incubator, Streaking, Aspergillus Niger. media type="file" key="athletes foot.wav" width="300" height="50"

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