A Laboratory Class Exploring and Classifying Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria Using Culture-Based Approaches, Microscopy, and Pigment Analysis
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Laboratory
11/17/2005 by Sarah Boomer, Kelly Shipley
Students enrich for and identify anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria from local river and mud habitats using pigment absorption data, cell shape and organization, and growth conditions such as the presence or absence of sulfur. |
A Laboratory Class Exploring Microbial Diversity and Evolution Using Online Databases, the Biology Workbench, and Phylogenetics Software
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Laboratory
11/17/2005 by Sarah Boomer, Kelly Shipley, Bryan Dutton, Daniel Lodge
Students use 16S sequences and computational resources to obtain phylogenetic trees, enabling them to make predictions about unknown environmental sequences and enhancing their understanding of bacterial diversity and the large body of research about |
Exploring Microbial Diversity through a Microbe Collection
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Laboratory
11/17/2005 by Debra Wohl, Michael Lemke, Thomas Gorrell, Michael Levandowsky
Students learn about microbial diversity by building a microbe collection. This workbook provides a framework for students to collect diverse microorganisms from the environment. |
Trichuris trichiura Egg (phase-contrast microscopy)
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
11/17/2005 by Gustavo Gini
Trichuris trichura egg observed with a phase-contrast microscope. |
Yersinia enterocolitica Colony on MacConkey Agar
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
11/17/2005 by Gustavo Gini
Yersinia enterocolitica on MacConkey agar generates very tiny lactose negative colonies (0.5 to 0.7 mm); therefore the use of a stereoscopic microscope is mandatory in order to find this pathogen. |
Problem-Based Learning: A Patient Returning from Africa
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Classroom
11/17/2005 by Jan Jacobs, Astrid Visschers-Pleijers
Classroom activity for a tutorial group of 7 to 10 students and an instructor (tutor).
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Focus on Microbiology Education Newsmagazine - Fall 2005
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/13/2005 by Multiple Authors
Features articles on teaching undergraduate microbiology. The issue's theme is "how our students learn." |
Implications from a Study on Critical Thinking
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/13/2005 by Christopher Dobson
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Role-Playing for Active Learning about Extremophiles
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/13/2005 by Luti Erbežnik
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Why Are Some Students Failing Your Course?
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/13/2005 by Anton Lawson
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Career Series: III. Science Educator to Science Writer: A Personal Voyage
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/13/2005 by Janet Yagoda Shagam, Ph.D
The third career series. |
Report from the Twelfth Annual ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/13/2005 by Susan Merkel, Kristine Snow
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Inaugural Program Brings Together Sixteen Educators Committed to Scholarly Work in Learning
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/13/2005 by Kelly Gull
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Journal Watch - Fall 2005
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/13/2005 by Kathleen Jagger
Journal articles of interest to microbiology educators. |
Web Watch - Fall 2005
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/13/2005 by Indiren Pillay
Websites of interest to microbiology educators. |
Triple Sugar Iron (TSI) Agar
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Atlas
9/30/2005 by Donald Lehman
A glossary of images of the Triple Sugar Iron (TSI) Slant test for microorganisms. |
Triple Sugar Iron Agar Protocols
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Protocol
9/30/2005 by Donald Lehman
The protocol and recipe for the Triple Sugar Iron (TSI) agar test. |
MacConkey Agar Plates
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Atlas
9/30/2005 by Mary E. Allen
Images of bacterial growth on MacConkey agar. |
MacConkey Agar Plates Protocols
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Protocol
9/30/2005 by Mary E. Allen
The protocol and recipe for MacConkey agar. |
Serial Dilution Protocols
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Protocol
9/30/2005 by Jackie Reynolds
Protocol for using serial dilutions in the microbiology lab. |
