Focus on Microbiology Education Newsmagazine - Summer 2009
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/22/2009 by Multiple Authors
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Using Theater to Promote Understanding of the Immune System’s Response to Viral Infection
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Classroom
8/25/2009 by Kim Risley
This activity allows students to demonstrate proficiency in understanding how the immune system responds to a viral infection such as with the human immunodeficiency virus. |
Cell Wall Structures and Antibiotic Action
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Classroom
8/25/2009 by Scott Gabriel, Bronwyn Butcher, Letal Salzberg, Susan Merkel
A small group activity which uses a problem-based approach to introduce students to the differential action of antibiotics on the components of bacterial and archaeal cell walls. |
The Major Histocompatibility-II System: a Dendritic Cell Activating a Naïve CD4 (T4) Lymphocyte
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Animation
8/25/2009 by Gary Kaiser
This animation illustrates the activation of a naïve T4 lymphocyte by a dendritic cell. |
Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte-Induced Apoptosis of a Virus-Infected Cell
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Animation
8/25/2009 by Gary Kaiser
This series of animations illustrates a cytotoxic T lymphocyte inducing apoptosis of a virus-infected cell. |
Activation of a Macrophage by an Effector T Lymphocyte
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Animation
8/25/2009 by Gary Kaiser
This series of animations shows a macrophage being activated by a Th1 lymphocyte. |
The Major Histocompatibility-II System: the Activation of a Naïve B Lymphocyte and Its Subsequent Interaction with an Effector CD4 (T4) Lymphocyte
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Animation
8/25/2009 by Gary Kaiser
These animations show the activation of a naïve B lymphocyte by an antigen and its subsequent interaction with an effector T4 lymphocyte.
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The Major Histocompatibility-I System: the Activation of Naïve CD8 (T8) Lymphocytes by Dendritic Cells
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Animation
8/25/2009 by Gary Kaiser
This animation illustrates the activation of a naïve T8 lymphocyte by a dendritic cell. |
Gram Stain of Urethral Discharge with Intracellular Neisseria gonorrhoeae
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
8/25/2009 by Javier Gutierrez-Jimenez, Carlos Alberto Balcazar-Reyes, Juan de Dios Flores-Hernandez
Gram stain of urethral discharge with Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Bdelloid Rotifer Feeding and Locomotory Behavior
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Video
8/25/2009 by Michael Witty
Bdelloid rotifer feeding and locomotory behavior |
Aeolosoma hemprichi Ingestion of Soil Particles and Digestion of Microbial Films
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Video
8/25/2009 by Michael Witty
Field sample of Aeolosoma hemprichi showing anatomical features of digestion.
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Cephalodella sp. Anatomy and Behavior
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Video
8/25/2009 by Michael Witty
Field sample of Cephalodella showing anatomical features and mechanism of ingestion. |
The Stalked Ciliate Campanella sp. Colonize Stoneworts (Nitella)
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Video
8/25/2009 by Michael Witty
Nitella acting as a support for Campanella. |
Methods for Observing Protozoan Contractile Vacuoles
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Video
8/25/2009 by Michael Witty
Methods for observing protozoan contractile vacuoles. |
Spirochetes in the Context of Their Environment and Other Microbes
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Video
8/25/2009 by Michael Witty
Spirochetes in the context of their environment and other microbes.
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Candida spp. Showing Pseudohyphae in a Direct Wet Mount of a Vaginal Discharge
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
8/25/2009 by Guadalupe del Rocio Dominguez-Figueroa, Ulises Alberto Santiago-Vazquez, Javier Gutierrez-Jimenez
A direct wet mount examination of Candida spp. |
Coagulase Test for Staphylococcus Species
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
8/25/2009 by Neal Chamberlain
Coagulase test for Staphylococcus species
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Using a Critical Thinking Model to help Students Analyze Case Studies
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Classroom
8/25/2009 by Janie Sigmon
By using a simple critical thinking model, students can learn to analyze case studies in microbiology. |
Combined Use of a Conference Program Book and Concept Maps for Student Exploration of the Diversity of Microbiology Subdisciplines
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Classroom
8/25/2009 by Min-Ken Liao, Mike Winiski
The ASM General Meeting Program Book is used to help students learn about the diversity of microbiology subdisciplines, the organization of scientific meetings, and how to build concept maps. |
Conjugation in Paramecium spp.
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Video
8/25/2009 by Javier Gutierrez Jimenez, Maria Guadalupe del Carmen Torres-Sanchez
This streaming video shows sexual reproduction in paramecium cells. |
