Challenges of the Unseen World
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Challenges of the Unseen World

A Laboratory Course in Microbiology

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eBook - ePub

Challenges of the Unseen World

A Laboratory Course in Microbiology

About this book

Solving real-world health challenges in a learning environment

You are at an exciting gateway into the world of microorganisms. With nothing more than basic lab equipment such as microscopes, Petri dishes, media, and a handful of reagents, you will learn to isolate, grow, and identify bacteria that live all around us. This is no ordinary microbiology laboratory course; not only will you learn how to streak plates, use a microscope, perform a Gram stain, and prepare serial dilutions and spread plates—fundamental skills found in every microbiologist's toolkit—you will solve a series of public health–related challenges that many professional microbiologists encounter in their work.

By the end of this course, you will:

  • Determine the origin of a nosocomial infection. Using foundational and molecular methods, you will determine whether the infections occurring in hospitalized patients are the result of contaminated medical items.
  • Select the antibiotic to treat a patient with Crohn's disease. You will find minimum inhibitory concentrations of various antibiotics for a Pseudomonas strain associated with Crohn's disease.
  • Pinpoint the source of lettuce contaminated with E. coli. Using molecular tools you will investigate a common food safety challenge, antibiotic-resistant E. coli and the potential for spread of this resistance in the environment.
  • Find the farm releasing pathogens into a stream used for drinking water. Using bacteriophage load in water samples, you will locate the source of fecal contamination in the water supply of a village in an underdeveloped country.
  • Evaluate the potential of bacteria to cause a urinary tract infection. You will test for biofilms, quorum sensing behavior, and chemotaxis and assess which disinfectants would be most effective for sanitizing contaminated surfaces.

Microbiology educators and researchers Richard Meyer and Stacie Brown have created this hands-on, engaging introduction to the essential laboratory skills in the microbial sciences that is sure to change the way you view the world around you.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. About the Authors
  8. Introduction
  9. Challenge One: Identifying the bacteria causing infections in hospital patients
  10. Lab One
  11. Lab Two
  12. Lab Three
  13. Challenge Two: Confirming the identification of a microorganism by sequencing the 16S rRNA gene
  14. Lab One
  15. Lab Two
  16. Challenge Three: Choosing an antibiotic to alleviate the symptoms of Crohn’s disease
  17. Lab One
  18. Lab Two
  19. Challenge Four: Tracking down the source of an E. coli strain causing a local outbreak of disease
  20. Lab One
  21. Lab Two
  22. Challenge Five: Using bacteriophage to identify the farm releasing pathogenic bacteria into a village stream
  23. Lab One
  24. Challenge Six: Evaluating the pathogenic potential of bacteria causing urinary infections
  25. Lab One
  26. Lab Two