Team:Michigan/Pili October
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- | Used the | + | Used an electron microscope in the Natural Science Building in an attempt to search for pili. Unfortunately we were not able to see any, but we did find a strange exo-polysaccharide around some of our strains. We will run more strains under the EM (including some positive controls) |
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+ | [[Image: algae_bacteria_1200x.png |thumb|left|300px| K12 w/plasmid next to algae (1200x). An EPS can be seen attaching the bacteria to the algae. ]] | ||
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+ | [[Image: FimB_20000x.png |thumb|left|300px| FimB knockout strain at 20000x.]] | ||
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Grew cultures in 2095 Nat. Sci. in preparation of further EM pictures. | Grew cultures in 2095 Nat. Sci. in preparation of further EM pictures. | ||
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+ | Marcus used the EM today and collected more pictures. |
Revision as of 19:35, 23 October 2010