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Re: Moldy reeds......

Author: tucker ★2017
Date: 2016-05-25 22:08

D&K.... just a friendly correction to your comments. Your comments regarding what could possibly be growing on Riley's reeds are incorrect. You stated it "I think the black stuff is a colony of stafflocacus (staff). It's actually Staphylococcus, referred to as Staph. There are 40 some odd species of this genus found in the mouth with more than 700 different species of other genera bacteria growing in the typical oral cavity. It would be impossible to know what's growing on a reed. Colonies of bacteria are difficult enough to grow on substrates of agar under ideal conditions of a medical lab, much less clarinet reeds, granted, I'm sure there are plenty on there. What Riley is seeing would most likely be some sort of mycological specimen (fungal) growing on the reed.

From your post, you appear to be a detailed oriented person, so I just wanted to offer a friendly correction.

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