Additional Unknown Bacteria

From last week’s broth, the resulting broth that was left at room temperature over the weekend is seen in Figure 1. In addition, this week, I grew Samantha Faltermeier’s unknown bacteria in TSB broth. The bacteria that I am working with has been isolated on a TSA plate from a creosote bush. As a side note, this bacteria is quite interesting because they all seem to be different. For instance, some have a horrible stench, while others don’t. Also, some almost look like snowflakes and some look like a typical round bacterial colony. As mentioned last week, I performed DNA extraction on these unknowns. Next week, if I am able to, PCR and electrophoresis are the next steps!

Figure 1. The resulting TSB broth that was left at room temperature over the course of 5 days. These samples contained different unknown bacteria that was from a creosote bush.