Could bacteria or fungi grow if a current was passing through their agar?

Subject: Could bacteria or fungi grow if a current was passing through their agar?

Date: Mon Sep 25 04:49:52 2000
Posted by Christine Fraser
Grade level: undergrad School: No school entered.
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Area of science: Microbiology
ID: 969871792.Mi

Message:


Concerning a selected few of the following (not yet sure which) E.coli, 
St.albus, micro.luteus, chromobacterium livivdium, Bac. subtilis, Rhizopus 
stoliner, Sacchromyces and Penicillin roqueforti.  And would it be 
dangerous to attemp it?  How small an would the current need to be?

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