11I.1: Office Hours

Plate Streaking Method

This week I had a lab exam scheduled on Wednesday and my professor offered extra review at her office hours on Monday from 1-2pm for anyone who had any questions. Her name is Lynn Vandeusen, her office is located on the second floor of the Jennings building in room 233 and email is vandeusenl1@southernct.edu. One of the questions I asked her was “what is the main purpose of streaking?” and she informed me that the main purpose is to be able to take an unknown specimen sample and make a streak plate in order to get the growth of individual colonies which can then be used to be Gram stained in order to find out specific characteristics that will help identify the organism and what threats it could pose. Another question I asked was “why are antibacterial (antibiotic) hand soaps and products bad?” and she told me they’re bad because they mess up our Normal Flora (good bacteria) and leave behind the worst and strongest bacteria which then become resistant to the different antibiotics we have been exposed to so then when they infect us its more threatening and harder to treat.