Hi everyone!

For the last two weeks, I have been continuing to work on my Toluene experiments. Turns out that the results were not as promising as we had hoped since the E. coli conjugates do not seem to be breaking down the Toluene. :-( I have been testing different conditions to see if the toluene will degrade in more stressful environments, and some seem to be working a little better than the others. One possibility is that the original stock solution has been contaminated, since it has been sitting in the refridgerator for a while now. We should probably make a new stock solution on Monday. Hopefully Ruoting and I will be able to find advantageous conditions for the E. coli soon. :-D

Annie

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