Materials  
      Culture of Saccharomyces diastaticus

      Broth containing 1% starch, 1% yeast extract and 1% peptone, 500 ml
      (put 20 ml of the broth into a McCartney bottle, for use as an inoculum; put 450 ml into the Bioreactor).

      NCBE Bioreactor (+ air pump and water bath)
       
       
       

      For the glucoamylase assay method

      Centrifuge

      Starch solution, 1%

      Semi-quantitative glucose test strips e.g. Boehringer Mannheim Diabur-Test 5000

      Waste container of disinfectant