[Histonet] Controls

[Morken, Timothy]

I agree it sounds bad, But the reality is that all food products have loads of dead or low count living bacteria. For example, milk is pasteurized to kill them, but they are still in the milk.


Tim Morken


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Subject: Re: [Histonet] Controls

Slim Jim will work as a control for gram stain.  Can you believe people eat this crap?
> On Mar 5, 2015, at 11:40 AM, Baker, Michael <Michael.Baker <@t> cchmc.org> wrote:
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> Sounds like a plant spreading anti-Slim Jim propaganda.  What’s next?  Donut holes?
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> Michael Baker, M.D.
> CCHMC Pathology
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>> On Mar 5, 2015, at 10:51 AM, histonet-request <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu wrote:
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>> Off the wall question, I have been told that slim jims (pepperoni stick) at the gas station can be processed and used as good gram controls. Has anyone done this and do they work for GMS also?
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>> Thank you,
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