Identifying our Unknown... FINALLY!

Today, we identified our unknown bacteria, L-25! The genus is serratia, we're still working on the genus. We also started our research project in which we're testing different essential oils their bacteriocidal effects. We made a bunch of paper discs to be autoclaved, after determining we would use 10 microliters of water and 10 microliters of each oil to saturate the discs to place on the streak plate of streptococcus pneumoniae. 

Streptococcus pneumoniae

We also checked our plates from last week, finding that the anti-bovine solution reacted and formed a precipitate with the hamburger solution and the bovine solution.