Blog Post Week 6

Hey, guys. My apology for this blog post being late. I have been running behind schedule for a while now. This month has been rather tough on me, but I am going to have to keep going with my very best. I appreciate everyone's effort to cheer me up during this time. I am blessed to be in this program with such caring people. With WAESO, we wrapped up the first half of our Pseudomonas project and presenting in front of people was very nerve-wrecking. It is a truly great event. I learn a lot about other people's projects. It's fascinating how everyone could come together and share ideas. Totally recommending that everyone should try it out next year if possible. For STEM, I separated my shredded plastics into groups that have been treated with alcohol and those who have been sterilised with UV light. I left my bacteria in an incubator over spring break. Sadly, bacteria grew on most of them. Mrs. Cotter believes it probably have been contaminated by improper incubation technique so I have to redo them. Oh, well. Practice makes perfect. One of the PIA plates has Pseudomonas growing on them. Which is cool. This means the plastic Bodywash bottle which consists of Type 2 High density polyethylene plastic. This could potentially be the plastic Pseudomonas grows on. I will repeat the sterilising process and try to determine the bacteria growing in my petri dish.

Figure 1. Unknown bacteria in SP1 #2 Body wash PIA