Blog 1

This week in class was a nice introduction to Methods of Microbial Division. The first lectures involved being introduced to our group’s twenty-six strains that we will be working with. We also selected the best plate from each set of strains and streak plated it on the media that it grew best on. The next task we accomplished involved making four forms of media, sterilizing it via autoclave and pouring the media into Petri dishes. We also had an overview lecture of this semester’s projects. Perhaps the best part of the class this week was getting to know my classmates better. It seems like it will be a great semester.