The students are asked to read up on the microorganism and report on: • the impact the microorganism is having in the world • What is known about this organism? • What is not known about this organism? • What is the direction(s) researchers/scientists/doctors are taking to treat the infectious disease(s)? • What precautions and […]
Give general background for the purpose of experiment. What is your hypothesis? Why is it important to identify your unknown organism? Be sure to introduce EACH test or stain, what it tells you about the microorganism, and justification for utilizing it . Discuss the aseptic techniques you used throughout the experiment. This section should be […]
Instructions for Assignment 1: Step 1: Identify a microorganism of interest to you that causes disease (2 points). Step 2: Describe how Koch’s postulates have been used to determine the chain of infection of this microorganism. (Remember chain-of-infection identifies the causative agent, the mechanism of transmission and the host range that it causes disease in) […]
