One of my #Bio350 #Micronauts at @univpugetsound found some agar degrading microbes—-pitters—-from a seawater sample. #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari #MicrobialCentrism @asmicrobiology @MicrobeTV
A lovely agarolytic red marine bacterium pitting the agar that solidifies the nutrient medium. Part of a #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari for my #Bio350 #Micronauts at @univpugetsound . @ASMicrobiology #PitterParty @microbe.tv
Here is a streaked colony from a #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari experiment by one of my #Bio350 #Micronauts. It looks very odd indeed. Interactions? Phage?
A #MicrobiologicalStory about agar degrading marine bacteria. In my Biology350 class at @univpugetsound #MarineMicrobiology #DontFearTheMicrobe @asmicrobiology #PitterParty #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari @microbe.tv
In my #Bio350 microbiology course, we do a #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari: looking for fun microbes from seawater samples. These are undomesticated bacteria for new #Micronauts. Here are bacteria breaking down agar on the plate: pitters!. @univpugetsound @asmicrobiology @microbe.tv
In my #Bio350 microbiology course, we do a #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari: looking for fun microbes from seawater samples. These are undomesticated bacteria and a wonderful experience for new #Micronauts. Here are some luminous bacteria. @univpugetsound @asmicrobiology @microbe.tv
One of my summer #DocMartian undergraduate research students found this as part of a #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari. Do colony-colony interactions create the pigment seen in this photo?
Different colors of agar degrading “pitter” bacteria. #PitCrew #PitterParty #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari #Bio350 #Micronauts @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology
This #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari isolate is fascinating. You can see the pigment leaking into the medium. Wonder what it is…. #Bio350 #Micronauts @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology
my #Bio350 class my #Micronauts do a #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari. Dilutions of different seawater samples on LBS and SWC. This plate has some UV fluorescent colonies. Siderophores looking for iron? . @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology
In my #Bio350 class my #Micronauts do a #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari. Dilutions of different seawater samples on LBS and SWC. We look for overall bioload, pitters, and glowers. @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology
In my #Bio350 class my #Micronauts do a #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari. Dilutions of different seawater samples on LBS and SWC. We look for overall bioload, pitters, and glowers. @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology
In my #Bio350 class my #Micronauts do a #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari. Dilutions of different seawater samples on LBS and SWC. We look for overall bioload, pitters, and glowers. @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology
A nice photo of a restreak of an agarose producing bacterium from a marine sample. Pits are clearly visible, and some colony sectoring. #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology
So when I am looking for agarase producing colonies in seawater samples, I normally see colonies that make a nice pit. But from time to time, I see variable colonies like this one. Restreaking to see what is going on! @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari
Nice agarase producing bacterial “pitter”! #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology