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Microbiology Class Laboratory Materials
Virtual Microbiology Classroom from Science Prof Online
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Only grows halophilic (salt-loving) bacteria. Plate on left has turned yellow, because the bacteria growing is Staph aureus, a mannitol fermenter.Plate on right also has growth, but remains pink, indicating Staph epidermidis, a non-mannitol fermenter.
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More Useful Microbiology Resources
- Microbe Wiki, Kenyon College
- I Love Bacteria website
- Microbe World, American Society of Microbiology
- Microbiology Flashcards from Quizlet
- For additional resources see our Microbiology Education Links page.
Page last updated 2/2015
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Virtual Microbiology Classroom LABORATORY TOPICS
LAB Exercise: How to Use a Compound Microscope
Basic microscopy and viewing bacterial simple stain.
FREE Microbiology Laboratory Exercises
Science Prof Online offers FREE fully-developed science curricula, including the Virtual Microbiology Classroom (8-week and 16-week micro courses), the Virtual Cell Biology Classroom and the Virtual Anatomy & Physiology Classroom (coming soon).
LAB Exercise: Photomicroscopy, Leukocytes & the Wright Stain
Students review basic microscopy, learn how to obtain photomicrographs and examine leukocytes in a Wright stain.
LAB Exercise: Gram Staining & Isolation Streak Plate Method
First lab in the series on identifying unknown bacteria. Students learn how to create a bacterial smear and preform the Gram stain, with controls and an unknown. Isolation streak plate technique also introduced.
LAB Exercise: Differential Staining & Specialized Media
Second lab in a series on identifying unknown bacteria. Students are introduced to the Acid-fast and Endospore stains. Specialized media (MacConkey's & Mannitol Salt) are inoculated with unknown to assist in identification of unknown bacteria using a dichotomous key.
LAB Exercise: Bacterial Growth Media & Cultures
Third lab in a series on identifying unknown bacteria. Students learn how to create controls showing various bacteria plated on MacConkeys, Mannitol Salt, Blood Agar & Tryptic Soy Agar. Students collect and interpret samples of normal flora from their own bodies.
LAB Exercise: Urine Cultures & Bacterial Identification
Students test mock urine cultures of stock microbes with identities unknown to them. They choose which tests are required to identify their microbe. Students exposed to Gram staining, antibiotic sensitivity testing, api-20e strip and use of a calibrated loop and spreader.
LAB Exercise: Testing Amount of Bacteria on Chicken Wings
Students obtain washes of chicken wings and perform dilutions to estimate actual amount of bacteria present.
LAB Exercise: Microbial Control: How to Kill Bacteria
Experiments in using heat, ultra-violet radiation, antibiotics and chemical disinfectants to kill bacteria.
LAB Exercise: Immunology - Leukocytes, Antibodies & Blood Typing
Students learn about the cells involved in immune response, as well as antibody-antigen interaction by playing a virtual blood typing game and viewing leukocytes with the microscope.
Additional Microbiology Laboratory Resources
- Instructions for Viewing Bacteria Under Oil Immersion
- Instructions for Using the Leica Microscope Camera LAS EZ Software
- Microbiology In-Lab Review Assignment : Long version or Short version
- Light Microscopy Basics from the Beckman Institute
- Spillover by David Quammen
- Rabid by Wasik & Murphy
- The Viral Storm by Wolfe
- The Ghost Map by Johnson
- Missing Microbes by Blaser
- The Great Mortality by John Kelly
-The Great Influenza by Berry
- Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know by Doherty
- Deadly Outbreaks by Levitt
- Microbe Hunters by De Kruif
- Wickett's Remedy by Goldberg
- The Dress Lodger by Holman
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Microbiology Images & Videos.
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How to Do a Gram Stain
SPO VIDEO: Tutorial on Compound Light Microscope Parts & Operation
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