This Week in Micro. Lab

I thought I would share with you some of the gross things I'm growing in my microbiology lab! Wait, don't go!

These are some bacteria colonies isolated from my pencil (various kinds of Staphylococcus):




This is some Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa grown on an EMB plate:



The black color of the E. coli means it's a lactose fermenter.

Moral of the story? Wash your hands after shaking hands with me! Actually, those Staph bacteria are part of the normal flora of your skin, so, nbd (no big deal).