Here is a very simple example of what I expect to see for the Mystery TSA Dish Bacteria experiment. Please feel free to be more creative!
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Here are the photos for my Mystery TSA bacteria experiment:
Day 0:
I wanted to see if the men's bathroom had more bacteria than the women's bathroom. I hypothesized that women would be likely to wash their hands more often and handles would be cleaner. Lisa, my assistant, took a swab of the sink faucet and toilet handle for both bathrooms on the 2nd floor of Brier. We made two duplicate dishes and one was stored at 24°C (room temperature) and the other was stored at 37°C (body temperature).Day 2:
On day two I examined both my dishes and surprisingly there was no growth. I was sure there would be some growth at room temperature and possibly growth at boy temperature because one would assume many body-associated microbes would be found in the bathroom! Perhaps Edmonds CC students are very good at washing their hands!
Day 7:
Finally, there was some growth on the 37°C dish. Unfortunately my 24°C dish appears to have been taken or lost, so I am unable to tell you what exciting bacteria grew on that dish. For the 37°C plate there was only growth on the area where Lisa took a swab of the faucets in both bathrooms but no growth on the toilet handle samples. I found a cool website with terms for describing bacteria/yeast/mold colonies on media.On the sample from the men's bathroom faucet there were 5 colonies or plaques of what appeared to be the same species- a smooth yellow, raised circular growth.
The sample from the women's bathroom was similar but the colonies were lighter yellow and they were more plentiful- 22 raised, circular yellow colonies! I believe the larger one shown below was the same species/type but I am not sure. I looked at them closely under a dissecting scope but I was unable to discern if this one large colony was a different species.
Day 7 Growth, Women's bathroom faucet sample, 37°C. |
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