about research contributions…

We have managed to obtain the correct concentration of bacterium in order to assess our objectives. We have cultured our clones in LB agar, inoculated them into microtiter dishes with LB broth. Finally, we are now growing them in M9 minimal salts medium with azo-barley-glucan (sugar) as a carbon source. In order to assess if the bacterium are using this polysaccharid, we are measuring the optical density using BioLog. That being said, it is safe to say that we have reach approximately 50% of our research goals (3 out of 5 according to the scale provided).

Moreover, I think it would be great to know and confirm that this complex sugar is being used by the bacterium as a carbon source.

~ by Angel on October 27, 2008.