Run and Tumble

Diary of a bug farmer

Bacterial noms

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Last night’s lab was spent learning about and inoculating more selective and differential media. We were mainly differentiating based on carbohydrate catabolism using fermentation tubes, MRVP broth, starch agar, OF-glucose media, and Simmon’s citrate. We’ll see the results on Tuesday.
We’re building up a toolbox of techniques we can use to work through a d-key and [...]