WIP: Sabina Suru - Native halophilic bacteria from hydrocarbon polluted environments, in collab with Simona Neagu and Mihaela Stancu (IBIOL)
Four native halophilic bacterial strains isolated from petrol-polluted sites in Romania, just out of of the lab centrifuge. Photo courtesy of the artist
Inoculation on agar plates. Photo courtesy of the artist
Mihaela Stancu preparing liquid bacterial cultures for next round of testing. Photo courtesy of the artist
Separation of biomass and supernatants after centrifugation. Photo courtesy of the artist
Checking transparency of diluted cultures using the McFarland standard. Photo courtesy of the artist
Labelling the microcentrifuge tubes. Photo courtesy of the artist
The 4 native bacterial strains identifies after gram staining and sequencing. Photo courtesy of the artist
Agar plates ready for antagonism inoculation. Photo courtesy of the artist
Inoculation is done, plates are labeled and moved to the incubator. Photo courtesy of the artist
Results from the antagonism testing. Photo courtesy of the artist