Katie CUR: I Don't Know About You, But I'm Feeling 22!

22 Results of Biological Tests

I don't know about you, but im feeling 22..biological results that is. Jackson F. in section 31A asked me a question on last weeks blog post and I thought I would focus this blog post on the questions he asked. I have so far caught a total of 11 sharks. Some were caught by Josh Munsey and his dad and some were caught by me. We have a total of 11 samples, but the first 3 samples were contaminated so there are no results for those test. We have gotten samples from Scalloped Hammerheads, Sandbar, and Atlantic Sharpnose. We are trying to get more of a variety of sharks to swab, but fishing is a very tedious activity and with the hurricanes recently the waves have been a little high for my grandfather's boat!

Biological Tests: The Stains

The samples that are gathered are taken back to the Microbiology lab where I run biological tests on them. Soon we will hopefully be able to start classifying the bacteria once we figure out what type of identification test we need from them. I have made 3 tables with all of the biological tests I have ran and what they can tell us about the bacteria that grows on/in them.
I unfortunately lost my Go Pro to the ocean this past week while fishing and I wasn't able to do the virtual tour of me doing the biological tests. But do not worry because today I was able to get another one for my birthday so next week will be the week for the virtual lab tour.

Biological Test: The Plates

Biological Test: The Plates 

With that being said, get familiar with the stains and the plates since this week I will be doing the virtual lab with the plates and stains! If you have any questions leave them in the comments below!
Or feel free to email me at katelyn_digirolomo@daytonastate.edu.