I am culturing E. coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, both of which are randomly contaminated, after several times of bacterial subcultures, so what should I do now? give valuable answers and suggestions. Much appreciated.
If you were subculturing from pure cultures - introduction of contaminants represents failed aseptic technique. What kind of contaminants do you see?
Phil Geis Thanks a lot for your response. as you see, the bacteria have this kind of -contamination.
Looks like Bacillus. Can you Gram stain?
Phil Geis Yes I can Gram stain
what did you see?
Phil Geis After Gram staining, I observed bacteria in the shape of a sphere and a rod with purple and pink colors.
Reads as a mixed cultures. Both target microorganisms should appear as Gram negative (pink) rods.
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