Some cool things that my lab coordinator and i found while looking through bog water for an environmental bio class set-up :) not featured here: the multiple water fleas that looked like they had the zoomies submitted by /u/cssc10 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

This environmental microbe has become my white whale. From my experiences in classes it's pretty ubiquitous in the environment. And I found it on a positive control plate at the lab I work at. But of course, after I got my supervisors permission to isolate it, get 16s and get it sequenced, the little bugger won't show up on my plates. I'm obsessed with this fella, it's just so pretty! My supervisor thinks its a fungi but I think it's a bacillus. Fingers crossed it shows up on round 4 of trying to isolate it from lab surfaces. Second to last Pic is the work plate I had, but it was so over grow ..read more

Hello, I’m a rising senior in undergrad biochemistry. I’m VERY interested in microbiology and really want to pursue a career in the field. Would it be advantageous for me to pursue a master in micro in terms of pay and opportunities? Does a background in chem set me up for specific areas within microbiology? If so what are they? Thanks :) submitted by /u/Acrobatic_Coyote_902 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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Hey y'all, I am about to graduate with a Bachelor's in microbiology and I am taking a gap year before I start my masters. I have officially started looking for jobs and now I really wish I went with engineering instead. Anyway, I am looking for a job that pays a living wage. I understand that would likely be a lab tech, probably in a hospital, which is fine but I do not have the certification that most of those jobs require. However, I have plenty of lab experience. I am from South Carolina, and would prefer to remain there, but, well, see my previous requirement about paying a living wage. W ..read more

I know most antibiotics work against bacteria and some against protozoa but is there any antibiotic which work against any fungal disease ? submitted by /u/Bee_Polite [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

​ https://preview.redd.it/if8424z6q1vc1.png?width=306&format=png&auto=webp&s=7ab4abd3ed70695321e5bae1aa46b1d00a21def4 https://preview.redd.it/wpw80kq8q1vc1.png?width=603&format=png&auto=webp&s=9dfbc59af9e0697d0904d3a78c296f988fc01383 ​ So attached here are the raw colony count of each sample in 3 different dilutions (1st pic), and the calculated CFU/ml of the viable counts only in our Appendix (2nd pic) using the CFU/ml formula from BAM. Our study mentor is not guiding us with this and I'm super desperate. How are we supposed to present our data for Standard Plate Coun ..read more

Hi everyone, I would like some help to confirm the original stock CFU/mL, I did a total of three dilutions (0.1mL to 9mL every time), with a final count of 240 colonies of E. Coli. The total dilution that I calculated was 753 571 and the original Stock CFU/mL of 1.8x10⁹. I wonder if I did the calculations right and this amount in the original stock are normal. Thanks in advance! submitted by /u/Edex131 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I have a question that's blowing my mind that is hopefully easy for someone to answer. If you grew a culture on a MAC plate and got a pink colony, and could deduct that lactose fermentation occurred, does that make it lactose+ or lactose- ? Also, if you got this result and could call it lactose+, could you skip doing a lactose fermentation test with a durham tube? Thanks so much submitted by /u/KATchafiyuh [visit reddit] [comments ..read more