Week 14: January 30, 2023 - February 3, 2023
Week 2: January 30, 2023 - February 3, 2023 January 31, 2023 This week we resumed our work on MIC testing on Deinococcus aquaticus. MIC stands for minimum inhibitory concentration. This refers to resistance of specific bacterial strains to an applied antibiotic. During the previous semester, we focused on D. aquaticus but this semester, we are going to be working with many other Deinococcus species using the protocols and techniques that we used on D. aquaticus. Before we can move onto other species, we needed to finalize our MIC testing on D. aquaticus . We began by taking out our D. aquaticus sample out of the 30 ° C incubator. It had mold in it so we inoculated a new sample into broth in order to continue. Inoculation Steps: Wipe down surface and turn on gas Pipette 10 ml of TGY into clean flask. Burn inoculation loop until red hot Wait about 30 seconds for it to cool Dip sterile inoculation loop into D. aquaticus Dip inoculation loop (wi...