[Taxacom] Water soluble mounting media

[Dan Lahr]

thanks all for the tips!

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On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Tony Irwin <tony.irwin at btinternet.com>wrote:

> I note that a firm in Wales is offering what I assume to be PVOH/glycerine
> mountant for sale (25ml for £5.80 plus postage). See this link<http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Microscope-Slide-Mountant-Water-Based-L-C-25ml-/350077948977?pt=UK_BOI_Medical_Lab_Equipment_Lab_Supplies_ET&hash=item5182459431>.
> They describe it as being prepared to Lubkin & Carsten's classical
> formula.
> I was wondering whether anyone has information as to how long slides using
> this mountant will last, and how it compares in performance to DMHF.
> Tony
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> On 19 March 2014 16:04, Richard Zander <Richard.Zander at mobot.org> wrote:
>
>> Dan:
>>
>> Permanent? I don't know any permanent water-soluble mounting medium that
>> has the refractive index of glycerin. If the testae of the amoebas are
>> sturdy, you might try pure Elmer's clear glue. Use copiously, and it should
>> embed the specimen in polyvinyl alcohol.
>>
>> Richard
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>> From: daniel.lahr at gmail.com [mailto:daniel.lahr at gmail.com] On Behalf Of
>> Dan Lahr
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 10:35 AM
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>> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Water soluble mounting media
>>
>> Hi Richard,
>> Thank you for this link, I found the article quite helpful and will try a
>> couple of these.
>> I have been looking for a water soluble medium for permanent mounting of
>> testate amoeba slides.  Balsam (any kind) is a pain, and the classical
>> Euparal is quite hard to make and recently I have not been able to find all
>> ingredients.  Do you have any recommendations? I noticed you mention
>> glycerin-jelly as semi-permanent, but perhaps in appropriate controlled
>> environment?
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dan
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>> On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Richard Zander <Richard.Zander at mobot.org
>> <mailto:Richard.Zander at mobot.org>> wrote:
>> Those who would like to try a new, simple, nonpoisonous, cheap, reliable
>> mounting medium for microslides might check out my paper in Phytoneuron:
>>
>> http://www.phytoneuron.net/2014Phytoneuron/32PhytoN-MicroMountingMedia.pdf
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/nh9lqfd
>>
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