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Zulu

Zulu

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Lectured about bacteria this week and a student brought this picture to my attention!!

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Back when I did Molecular Biology, our intro lab involved us taking these moistened Q-Tips that we would swab with different surfaces of our choice around the lab, which we would then streak on top-plates and culture, to see if any bacterial colonies emerged.


With a few people choosing the classic ones (faucet handles, doorknobs, floor) I decided to go with the ocular-lens cover of a microscope (the eyepiece that you would look through, it was made of silicone or something).



My plate had the MOST colonies, both in quantity and variety, in my entire 30 student lab.


Gross stuff.

I gotta carry around a spray bottle of 70% C2H5OH with me everywhere.
 
Sandy Braille said:
Back when I did Molecular Biology, our intro lab involved us taking these moistened Q-Tips that we would swab with different surfaces of our choice around the lab, which we would then streak on top-plates and culture, to see if any bacterial colonies emerged.


With a few people choosing the classic ones (faucet handles, doorknobs, floor) I decided to go with the ocular-lens cover of a microscope (the eyepiece that you would look through, it was made of silicone or something).



My plate had the MOST colonies, both in quantity and variety, in my entire 30 student lab.


Gross stuff.

I gotta carry around a spray bottle of 70% C2H5OH with me everywhere.
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After taking Microbiology I just decided that bacteria is everywhere and you can't get away from it! So I don't fret about "germs" anymore!!
 
Zulu said:
After taking Microbiology I just decided that bacteria is everywhere and you can't get away from it! So I don't fret about "germs" anymore!!
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So sick of bacteria, lol. My bacterial and viral genetics final is this Wednesday.


Wanna fly to Logan and write it for me Zulu?
 
Sandy Braille said:
Back when I did Molecular Biology, our intro lab involved us taking these moistened Q-Tips that we would swab with different surfaces of our choice around the lab, which we would then streak on top-plates and culture, to see if any bacterial colonies emerged.


With a few people choosing the classic ones (faucet handles, doorknobs, floor) I decided to go with the ocular-lens cover of a microscope (the eyepiece that you would look through, it was made of silicone or something).



My plate had the MOST colonies, both in quantity and variety, in my entire 30 student lab.


Gross stuff.

I gotta carry around a spray bottle of 70% C2H5OH with me everywhere.
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Why not C3H8O? Using C2H5OH seems like a waste of perfectly good C2H5OH.
 
Sandy Braille said:
Back when I did Molecular Biology, our intro lab involved us taking these moistened Q-Tips that we would swab with different surfaces of our choice around the lab, which we would then streak on top-plates and culture, to see if any bacterial colonies emerged.


With a few people choosing the classic ones (faucet handles, doorknobs, floor) I decided to go with the ocular-lens cover of a microscope (the eyepiece that you would look through, it was made of silicone or something).



My plate had the MOST colonies, both in quantity and variety, in my entire 30 student lab.


Gross stuff.

I gotta carry around a spray bottle of 70% C2H5OH with me everywhere.
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Boy did you get off easy. We had to take a **** into a bottle and analyze our dung. True story, students went to BYU to get away from our difficult state college classes like micro, anatomy, and especially O chem.
 
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