This is what I've been spending my last 7 weeks working on, in the smelly lab for my microbiology class.
Our assignment was to each identify a different bacteria from a water sample our professor collected around Houston & finally:
Note the pale-yellow, glistening surface.
Older colonies grow a deeper orange... and,
Gram-positive, motile on the wet mounts, multicellular & straight to slightly curved.
Caryophanon latum. Found in cow dung in 1940 by Pershkoff! Thank you, Bergey's. We did motility mounts, grew them in 36 degrees, 30 degrees, and room temperature, ran catalase/oxidase tests, Gram-stained, Methyl-red/VP tested... and here it is, finally identified and named. For our final paper we need to write a mini monograph about the species & I'm done done done!
This semester is almost over. Also meaning, finals period is coming close. This week it's been impossible to find a desk in the library!
Hi Larissa! I am so sorry I just saw this- and we did use Bergey's. We did run other tests like catalase/oxidase tests... and had information about the source of the samples. I hope you figured out your identification stuff!
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