Microbiology Education: The Issues of Balance and Breadth
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/1995 by Michael Pelczar Jr.
In this brief commentary about academic programs for the education/training of microbiologists, I wish to reiterate some of the concerns that have been expressed about these programs. |
POINT / COUNTERPOINT: Microbiological Safety in the Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/1995 by Christine Case, Jean Douthwright
Since the method of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus was uncovered, questions have arisen about the safety of standard microbiological experiments. |
Dry Slide Technology in the Teaching Laboratory
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/1995 by John Lennox
Attending conferences such as last year's American Society for Microbiology meeting in Las Vegas is a treat for even the most dedicated and conscientious teacher. |
Focus on Microbiology Education Newsmagazine - Spring 1995
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/1995 by Multiple Authors
The inaugural issue of FOME Newsmagazine featuring articles on teaching undergraduate microbiology. |
Cystic Fibrosis Series I
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Gloria Delisle
These bacteria produce a green pigment when grown on
agar plates in the laboratory (Fig. 1). A Gram stain of the bacterial colonies is
typical of these gram-negative pleomorphic bacilli (Fig. 2). |
Endospore Formation in Paenibacillus larvae
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Donald Stahly
Within the
hemolymph of the immature insect, P. larvae grows and reproduces, ultimately
forming endospores which are released upon the death of the bee larvae. |
Adherence of a Spirochete to Mammalian Cell Surfaces
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Floyd Knoop
Scanning electron micrograph of a spirochete, Serpulina hyodysenteriae, showing in vitro adherence to cultured mammalian cells. |
Filamentous Cyanobacteria in a Microbial Mat
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Stefan Green, Yehuda Cohen, Ya Chen, Colleen Lavin, Dror Minz, David Stahl
Microbial mats are laminated microbial communities encased within organic matrices
composed of excreted polymers which are ubiquitous fixtures of a variety of marine and
freshwater environments. |
Host Defense Mechanisms: Adherence to Vaginal Epithelial Cells by Lactobacillus sp.
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Kalpana Gupta, Cynthia Fennel, Walter Stamm
This image is an x1,000 magnification of Lactobacillus sp.
adhering to a vaginal epithelial cell as seen on a Gram stain of vaginal fluid. |
Encapsulated Bacteria
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Judy Bowen
This photomicrograph is a capsule negative stain of a plate culture
grown from a deposit found on an alkaline, fine paper machine. |
Morphology of Borrelia burgdorferi
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Jeffrey Nelson
This image is a dark-field microscopic image of the spirochete taken from a culture of
the organism in the laboratory. |
Normal and Abnormal Cell Division of Agrobacterium tumefaciens
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Kim Finer, John Finer
This is a scanning electron micrograph of replication-defective Agrobacterium
tumefaciens. |
Outer Membranes of Neisseria sp.
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Margaret Ketterer
Here, the extent of the texture on the cell surface is shown to
be slight on N. gonorrheae (Fig. 1), moderate on N. cinnerea
(Fig. 2), and very extensive on N. meningitidis (Fig. 3). |
Mycobacterium phlei
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Neal Chamberlain
Mycobacterium phlei growing in a slant of Lowenstein-Jensen agar. |
Dimorphism in Candida albicans Part II
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Phillip Stafford
This set of images shows C. albicans changing from a yeast to the filamentous form. |
Dimorphism in Candida albicans Part I
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Phillip Stafford
This set of images shows C. albicans changing from a yeast to the filamentous form. |
Replica of Freeze Fracture Micrograph Aquaspirillum serpens Flagellar Basal Bodies
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Robert G. Murray
Replica of two polar regions of a freeze-etching preparation of Aquaspirillum
serpens demonstrating convex cytoplasmic membrane fractures. |
Streptococcus sobrinus
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Lloyd Simonson
This scanning electron micrograph shows a human unerupted third molar tooth surface experimentally coated with Streptococcus sobrinus. |
Phage Infected Escherichia coli Cells
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Scott Kachlany
Fig. 1 shows a SEM of E. coli cells with phage particles attached to the outside of cells. Fig. 2 shows a SEM of E. coli cells with disrupted cell envelopes,
presumably due to phage release. |
Anoxygenic and Oxygenic Photophosphorylation
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Animation
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Susan Merkel
The anoxygenic photophosphorylation movie can be used to illustrate to students electron transfer and ATP synthesis during cyclic photophosphorylation. |
