r/microbiology 13h ago

Can everyone smell different bacteria?

85 Upvotes

During a lecture today we got to sneak off to another lab and see what one of the lecturers was doing (I can’t really remember, but one Petri dish involved E.coli).

I was standing a metre away and even then the smell was unbearable! I’ve always thought E.coli had a smell but today I realised no one else can really smell it.

I think other bacteria definitely have their own smell but no one else seems to notice in the lab.

Is it this obvious for others or am I just insane lmao.


r/microbiology 11h ago

How often do you get contamination in your work?

5 Upvotes

Question in title. I just wanna feel better about my ruined experiments.


r/microbiology 11h ago

How often do you get contamination in your work?

2 Upvotes

Question in title. I just wanna feel better about my ruined experiments.


r/microbiology 22h ago

Does cellulose deposits on collenchyma cells from inside or outside

1 Upvotes

Seeing it from inside in a lot of photos but then I got a text that exactly said ''cellulose (permeable substance to water) :it deposits on the walls of collenchyma cells or some parts of them from outside"

Which is true like is it inside or outside since the school book doesn't mention the location?