9/15 Lab

On 9/14 Lab, I attempted gram staining D. Rad and it was unsuccessful. Today, I attempted to improve my gram staining skills through gram staining P. Fluorescens and it was successful. The P. Fluorescens had biofilm growing in it, but unfortunately due to the nature of the technique (inoculation loops vs. pipetting), there was no biofilm in the sample, so in the pictures, there is no visible biofilm. 

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  1. UnknownSeptember 15, 2018 at 10:29 AM

    Maybe during the Biofilm project we can try to do the pipette technique on the sample to actually see the biofilm rather than just debris!

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  2. Ricardo M.September 20, 2018 at 9:41 PM

    Those are some really cool pictures! What does a biofilm look like in those types of bacteria? In one of the pictures I kind of see some circular like structures. I wonder if those bacteria are related to the streptococcus genus.

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