Lolita

haha. Those shoes are sexy. I run in the school halls. I trip over little juniors. Then i yell at them. Teachers don't mind. I would run to places, but i am so seriously unfit, that i can't even bend my back without yelling in pain.

Tell me you're not from the same school as i am. D: *cough* anyway, thanks to you guys, i am now growing a beautiful microbe from chicken. I ended up using the sterile Q-tips. Alright, my microbe, which apparently, is a fungus--- is growing only one plate, but that's alright. Anyway, here are the characteristics of my "fungus" Form: Circular Elevation: Raised Margin: Entire, but it maybe curled... Texture: Soft, fluffy-like Colour: white Size: 3cm in diameter, but i can' be sure, since it's sticking near the edge of the plate. I also enquired on YahooAnswers, and some poster told me it may have/be hyphae...? @Charon: The thing is, that our teacher wants us to identify the microbe, and only told us that we're not growing pathogenic microbes. But i searched up on microbes that may grow on chicken, and i keep getting Salmonella. >.> Anyway, anyone out there that has a good website on identifying food microbes? All help is loved <3 @Maria Angelica: Does your school have an incubator? You should use that. But for us, we had to find our own way of making it warm. Luckily for us, it's been a hell of a hot week in Australia (New South Wales area) so i just placed it in a Maccers cardboard drink holder, covered it with newspaper and put it on the window still---although this can't be as good as an incubator, and may hinder the investigation, you can still talk about this in your discussion and gain extra points/marks for identifying that problem. Remember, as my teacher says: This is science, and sometimes, it just doesn't work.

Thanks for the help! So i've obtain the sterile swabs (from my sister)... but it seems like getting those nice consistent strikes on the agar is the key to this experiment... will Q-tips work the same? i can get those from my local GP. @Fuzzwood: Can you explain or show me a diagram of how this 'fleece' should look like? D: Your information is fantastic! <3 @CharonY: If i use toothpicks... to sterilise them, don't i have to burn them?! D: Or do i dump it in a bucket of cleaning detergent/bleach to sterilse? Is that even sterilising?! D: @Mr Skeptic: I like the sound of that confluent lawn... XD I have about.... 8 or 9 of these sterile swabs.. but i think i'll use the loop, once i make one... D: Thanks for the help and keep it coming!

hurhur, on the top of my head; Othello Syndrome is most likely based off Shakespeare's Othello. Probably means a woe-is-me person, who is easily used and suffers the consequences. May also indicate that that person has many insecurities in his life affecting their daily routine. Haha. Year 11 English Adv has helped. Hoped this helped a little. Artspeak... :/ probably all that "inner art theory"... i may excel in visual arts, but i fail at the theory. D:

Hiya, i'm Lolita from Australia. I'm currently a Year 12 student, loving biology. Nice to meet you all. <3

Righto, hi there! I'm conducting an experiment to identify microbes in water. So i've been give two agar plates--- the control's in the classroom. I've chosen water as my subject, and i have to grow microbes/bacteria on them. I was thinking about pond water (found in a disgusting hole (?) at school) and normal, bottled water, most likely Mount Franklin Bottled water. So i know what to do... just applying it onto the agar plates is the bit.. D: I've read numerous methods, and they all involve THE LOOP. D: I do not possess such an item at home, and i doubt the school will lend me one... >.< So i thought, after researching some more-- why not swabs? After that breakthrough of the century, i discovered another problem: I have no idea how to actually put it on. So, here's my question: Do i just dip the swab into the water, and quickly slide it over the agar, then incubate? or do i have to some complex burning and sterilization and put it in a bottle, burn mouth and etc and etc? Please, point me in the right direction.