Biochemical Test Media for Lab Unknown Identification—Part 2
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
8/29/2002 by Jackie Reynolds
Different agar plate and tube media reactions are included in this group of images. |
Direct Smear Atlas
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
8/1/2002 by Jerry Laurich
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Introduction to Risk Comparisons
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Classroom
7/11/2002 by Daryle Waechter-Brulla
Students compare risks, which they convert from different formats
(typically fractions) into decimal then exponential numbers, and
plot them on a logarithmic scale. |
Blood-borne Pathogen Training, Practice, and
Critique of Cinematic Misportrayals
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Classroom
7/11/2002 by Daryle Waechter-Brulla
Three activities are described: an abbreviated blood-borne pathogen (BBP) training session,
a BBP spill cleanup, and a critique of BBP mishaps in the movie
Outbreak. |
Kinetic of Listeria monocytogenes growth on PTFE and stainless steel according to the temperature
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
6/27/2002 by Patrick Chavant, Michel Hebraud, Brigitte Martinie
SEMs of L. monocytogenes biofilm formation at 37°C, 20°C, and 8°C on stainless steel and PTFE. |
Bacillus sp. isolated from compost at 55°C
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
5/7/2002 by Frederick Michel
This is a scanning electron micrograph of a Bacillus strain isolated from hot compost (60°C). |
Gram Stain Tutorial
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Animation
5/3/2002 by William Mayberry
Step-by-step tutorial on preparation of Gram Stain. |
Acid-Fast Staining Tutorial
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Animation
5/3/2002 by William Mayberry
Step-by-step tutorial on preparation of Acid Fast Stain. |
Bacteriophage: A Model System for Active Learning
MicrobeLibrary Article: Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
5/1/2002 by Carl Luciano, Matthew Young, Robin Patterson
Description of a student-centered laboratory course in which student teams selected phage from sewage samples and characterized the phage in a semester-long project that modeled real-life scientific research. |
An Activity-Based Format Increased Student Retention in a Community College Microbiology Course
MicrobeLibrary Article: Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
5/1/2002 by Mary Lux
Results of a change in format of a microbiology course at a community college lead to an increase in student retention. |
Development of a Microbiology Course for Diverse Majors; Longitudinal Survey of the Use of Various Active, Problem-Based Learning Assignments
MicrobeLibrary Article: Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
5/1/2002 by Diana Cundell
Results of a longitudinal study to determine the effect of learning microbiology from a social, historical, and global perspective in an intensive active-learning course. |
Bacterial Diversity Studies Using the 16S rRNA Gene Provide a Powerful Research-Based Curriculum for Molecular Biology Laboratory
MicrobeLibrary Article: Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
5/1/2002 by Sarah Boomer, Bryan Dutton
Description of a ten-week curriculum for molecular biology which has lead to an increase both in research, publishing, and funding opportunities and in biology majors entering research-oriented careers. |
Learning Microbiology Through Cooperation: Designing Cooperative Learning Activities that Promote Interdependence, Interaction, and Accountability
MicrobeLibrary Article: Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
5/1/2002 by Janine Trempy, Willam Siebold, Monica Skinner
Description and assessment of cooperative learning activities and teaching strategies used in a microbiology class. |
Bioterrorism - A Primer
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/2002 by James Beebe, Margaret Heimbrook
A primer on bioterrorism and related issues. |
Biological Warfare and Bioterrorism in the Modern Era
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/2002 by Kristen Catlin
A history of biological warfare from its beginning centuries ago to the present. |
Reprising The Boy Scout Motto
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/2002 by Ed Alcamo
Teaching bioterrorism in today's university environment. |
Teaching about Bioterrorism
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/2002 by Robert Cannon
Teaching bioterrorism to general microbiology majors. |
Microbiology Education - Volume 3, 2002
MicrobeLibrary Article: Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
5/1/2002 by Multiple Authors
Volume three of ASM's Microbiology Education journal, with articles about hypothesis-driven research in the area of student learning and other facets of microbiology education. |
Focus on Microbiology Education Newsmagazine - Spring 2002
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/2002 by Multiple Authors
Features articles on teaching undergraduate microbiology. The issue's theme is "Teaching Bioterrorism." |
Immune Wars
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Classroom
4/29/2002 by Clifford Houston, Gary Wilson, Albert Rhodes, Maura Meade, Jaclynne Laxon
Students evaluate factors of pathogenicity and host defense in specific host-parasite interactions, enabling them to understand the interplay of specific virulence factors and appropriate host defense mechanisms over time. |
