[Paddlewise] FW: Gatoraid Gunk

From: Chuck Holst <CHUCK_at_multitech.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 15:04:17 -0500
>>
        Nope, it's a Nematode that feeds on fungal hyphae that sometimes
develops in vinegar.  The stuff in Gatorade is usually fungal in nature;
the gatorade is a bitt too acid to support good bacterial growth.
>>

When I was in camera club in high school, we used to keep stop bath,
which is diluted glacial acetic acid, in a clear, one-gallon jar. Every
so often I would see a diaphanous growth floating in the solution. I
couldn't understand how something could grow in acid, but it was
probably the fungal hyphae you mention.

Chuck Holst

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