Materials
| Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
| 14 mL culture tubes | Falcon | 352051 | |
| 15 mL centrifuge tube | Falcon | 352096 | |
| Bacto Agar | Baeton,Dickinson and Company | 214010 | |
| Bacto Typtic Soy Broth | Baeton,Dickinson and Company | 211825 | |
| D-(+)-Glucose | Sigma | G7021-1KG | |
| D-(+)-Raffinose pentahydrate | Sigma | 83400-25G | |
| Difco Lactobacilli MRS broth | Baeton,Dickinson and Company | 288130 | |
| EASY-LOCK MICROPR. 1.5 mL (Eppendorf) | FL medical | 23053 | |
| IDEAS Software | Amnis/EMD Millipore | N/A | Details available at: https://www.merckmillipore.com/INTL/en/20150212_144049?ReferrerURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&bd=1 |
| ImageStream X Mark II | Amnis/EMD Millipore | N/A | Details available at: https://www.merckmillipore.com/INTL/en/20150121_205948?ReferrerURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F |
| MOPS, 3-(N-morpholino)propanesulfonic acid | Fisher bioreagents | BP308-500 | |
| Potassium phosphate dibasic | Fisher Scientific, 174.18 g/mol | BP363-1 | |
| Potassium phosphate monobasic | Sigma, 136.09 g/mol | P0662-500G |
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