Well, it's bee awhile. "Important" picks up and "other" goes down. Ukulele not going so well. It's enjoyable enough, but will probably never sound as good as Grant does. As for the rats: Snowball has did of a respiratory infection. Went to the vet, got antibiotics, but he never got better. The other two are doing fine. Active as always.
Research is going well enough. Most likely the isolates are not Geobacter, since the colonies lack defining characteristics such as pink coloring turning to brown or green. Current colonies are smooth, rough, and white to clear when grown on ATCC Geobacter media. While doing a literature review, a paper published in 2007 claimed a new genus and species of fermentative, iron-reducing bacteria. Citrate is fermented, using iron (III) as an electron sink, to produce acetate (if there is any interest in the paper, let me know and I'll give you the citation). Two new experiments are currently set up and running to test the bacteria in our lab for citrate fermentation. Also, if the PCR reaction ever goes right, DNA results will be immensely helpful in understanding what type of bacteria we are dealing with.
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