Monthly Archives: April 2017

Haley Vasquez (an English major with a minor in Rhetoric and Professional Writing) successfully presented her senior seminar paper, “‘There’s No Returning Me; I’m Yours Forever’: Clothing as a Language for Southern Identity.” Organized by prominent professors of literature like … Continue reading →

Chris Crider presenting his research to Longwood faculty and students Chris Crider successfully presented his CURIO research, “The Raven’s Demons: The Psychoanalytic Relationship Between Edgar Allan Poe’s Life and His Literary Works,” at The 2017 Spring Presentation of Undergraduate Research (SPUR). … Continue reading →

About: Pseudomonas frederiksbergenis is a gram-negative bacteria that was originally identified in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark at a coal gasification site. This bacteria is rod shaped, and colonies are known to be a pale yellow. Pseudomonas is known to be a species … Continue reading →

Janthinobacterium lividum Background Janthinobacterium lividum is a gram-negative bacteria that has aerobic qualities.  It possess a pigment called violacein that gives the bacteria its dark purple color (Figure 1). Figure 1: Janthinobacterium lividum colony on agar plate  Janthinobacterium lividum is … Continue reading →

Pseudomonas frederiksbergensis is a Gram-negative bacteria. It was discovered by from a coal gasification site in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark. This bacteria was cultured by Andersen S, Johnsen K, Sorensen J, Nielsen P, Jacobsen C. in 2000. References:  Andersen S, Johnsen K, … Continue reading →

Bacillus cereus is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, aerobic, motile, beta hemolytic bacterium commonly found in soil and food. Reference: Been, M. De. “Comparative analysis of two-component signal transduction systems of Bacillus cereus, Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus anthracis.” Microbiology 152.10 (2006): 3035-048. … Continue reading →