Microbiology Lab Manual Sp 25 Coalinga College
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This lab cover principles and applications of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structure and function, biological molecules, homeostasis, cell reproduction and its controls, molecular genetics, classical/Mendelian genetics, cell metabolism including photosynthesis and respiration, and cellular communication. The philosophy of science, methods of scientific inquiry and experimental design are foundational to the course.
Front Matter
1: Introduction to the Microbiology Laboratory
2: The Microscope
3: The Myth of Spontaneous Generation
4: Examination of Living Microbes and Environmental Plates
5: Aseptic Technique and Streak Plates
6: Colony and Cell Morphology; Simple Stains
7: Gram Stains
8: Acid Fast and Endospore Stains
9: Gram Stain Unknown
10: Introduction to the Bacterial ID Project
11: Carbohydrate Metabolism of Unknowns
12: Protein Metabolism of Unknowns
13: Completion of the ID Project
14: Antibiotics
15: Oxygen Requirements
Back Matter
Thumbnail: Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause TB. (CC BY 2.0; NIAID via Wikimedia Commons).