Approximation of circle number π by spread-plating Escherichia coli

IF 1.2 4区教育学 Q4 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education Pub Date : 2023-03-16 DOI:10.1002/bmb.21723

Florian Schiffel, Stephan Noll

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Abstract

Ideally, microbial spread plating results in randomly distributed colonies on the agar surface. This can be seen as a Monte Carlo simulation and enables probabilistic approximation of circle number π. We perform π approximation in a microbiology undergraduate course to awaken the students' ambition for a good spread plating technique.

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用扩散镀法近似计算大肠杆菌的圆数π

理想情况下，微生物扩散平板在琼脂表面产生随机分布的菌落。这可以被视为蒙特卡罗模拟，并使圆数π的概率近似成为可能。我们在微生物学本科课程中进行了π近似，以唤醒学生对良好扩散电镀技术的雄心。

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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 生物-生化与分子生物学

CiteScore

2.60

自引率

14.30%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

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