Independent Mold Experiment
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Independent Mold Experiment
PurposeTo determine which one of the variables will grow the most mold
ProcedureTake four pieces of whole wheat bread and pore orange juice, oil of oregano, soya sauce, or maple syrup on a single slice of bread. Than place the liquefied bread in a plastic zip lock. Wait and watch for any changes in mold for seven days, take a picture on the first, third than seventh day of the mold experiment. Than for disposal put the four zip locks into a big garbage and put that bag out side for the garbage truck to pick up. WARNING don’t open plastic zip lock for the mold spoors will come out and possibly start to grow
My Bread Mold tools orange juice oil of oregano soya sauce maple syrup Ziplocs four slices of whole wheat bread
HypothesisMy hypothesis was that the maple syrup piece of bread would produce the most mold due to the sugar that would serve as a nice nutrition for the growth of the mold.
Orange juice slice
observationDiscoloration to the part
where the orange juice was placed
Also orange juice lighter than the first picture
Soggy with the orange juice Green and white fuzzy hyphae
forming in to mycelium
Oil of oregano
Oil of oreganoNo change in moldThe bacteria fighter oregano keeps the mold from growingNo change in shape or in color
Soya sauce
observations At the beginning slightly lighter At the end darker than at the beginning
Maple syrup
observationsAt the beginning moister in the
bagAfter slightly lighter than in the
beginningAlso syrup seems to have
spread to the lower edges of the whole wheat bread
Conclusions I was not quite right on my hypothesis because I thought the bread with syrup on it was going to mold the fastest but it turns out that the bread that molded the most and the quickest was the slice with orange juice on it. My theory is that the sugar that was in the orange juice { the same sugar that was in the syrup } caused the mold to grow faster since it had food that it had to feed off of. But why it grow faster I cant tell I guess it was just luck for the orange juice.
What I would do next timeI would give the bread a little more time to mold, to see if anything would change over time with the growth of the mold, and if any other of the slices would develop more mold over the orange juice or what other mold would grow on the orange juice.
Further inquiresWhy the rest of the whole wheat bread did not mold during the seventh days of the mold experiment. And why the orange juice slice grew mold.
Thank You Any Questions?