Hello everyone! This semester, as most of you know, we have been reading the book Daring Greatly by Brené Brown in class. So far, I really enjoy reading it. She covers interesting topics and the way she narrates the book is not boring or dry. One of the things that so far has stuck out to me is her discussion on vulnerability. She points out that while society mostly believes that being vulnerable is a sign of weakness, not being vulnerable is actually what makes one weak. Because someone is scared of being vulnerable or of embarrassing themselves, they don't take risks or look for opportunities that put them out of their comfort zone, and could actually miss out on a lot of things that they would otherwise have if they didn't view vulnerability as a weakness. I have noticed that I, like most people, tend to limit myself because of fear of not being good enough for something or fear of making myself vulnerable. I am also a pretty introverte...
Hello everyone! This past week has been pretty hectic but it's also been pretty great. I finished the unknown tests, though they took a while. Through the gram staining, I determined the sample to be gram positive cocci. After looking at the chart with all the tests, I performed the catalase test. The sample fizzed in the hydrogen peroxide, determining it as catalase positive and calling for the glucose fermentation test. 
The glucose fermentation test proved to be somewhat problematic. The medium turned yellow, meaning the sample was acid positive. However, when I told Josh he said that I was supposed to get no reaction. So I inoculated a new test tube but this time with the broth instead of the plate. This time, the test ended up having no change -- meaning the sample was negative for both acid and gas. The bacteria I had ended up having was micrococcus luteus, which was the correct one. 
Hi Luisa, isn’t strange when results we aren’t looking for happen? I’ve definitely learned that while at S-STEM/TRAIN! In your case, it’s good that you ended up with sufficient evidence to show that your bacteria was micrococcus luteus. I wonder what could have happened to make your medium turn yellow?
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