Laboratory Calendar

Day

Date

Lecture

Fall Semester 2015

Experiments and Exercises

Th

Sept. 3

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Introduction and Safety

Sept. 8

Cover Lecture 1 material. Perform Experiment 1: Ubiquity of Microorganisms,

Lab Period One Perform Experiment 2: Microscopy

Th

Sept. 10

Cover Lecture 2 material. Perform Experiment 1: Ubiquity of Microorganisms,

Lab Period Two Perform Experiment 3: Staining Microorganisms Perform
Experiment 4: Morphological Unknown, Lab Period One

Sept 15

Cover Lecture 3 material. Perform Experiment 4: Morphological Unknown, Lab

Period Two Perform Experiment 5: Gram Stain Perform Experiment 6: Acid-fast
Stain

Th

Sept. 17

Cover Lecture 4 material. Perform Experiment 4: Morphological Unknown, Lab

Period Three Perform Experiment 7: Endospore Stain Perform Experiment 8:
Capsule Stain Perform Experiment 9: Flagella Stain

Sept. 22

Cover Lecture 5 material. Perform Experiment 10: Aseptic Technique Perform

Experiment 11: Nutritional Requirements, Lab Period One Perform Experiment 12:
Enumeration of Bacteria, Lab Period One

Th

Sept. 24

Cover Lecture 6 material. Perform Experiment 11: Nutritional Requirements for

the Cultivation of Bacteria, Lab Period Two Perform Experiment 12: Enumeration of
Bacteria, Lab Period Two Perform Experiment 13: Streak Plate Method, Lab Period
One Perform Experiment 14: Environmental Influences, Lab Period One

Sept. 29

Cover Lecture 7 material. Perform Experiment 13: Streak Plate, Lab Period Two
Perform Experiment 14: Environmental Influences, Lab Period Two Perform
Experiment 15: Bioluminescence Begin Assignment: Winogradsky Column: A
Closed Microbial Ecosystem, page xxiii

Th

Oct. 1

Cover Lecture 8 material. Perform Experiment 13: Streak Plate, Lab Period
Three Perform Experiment 16: Lethal Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation, Lab Period
One Perform Experiment 17: Antimicrobial Sensitivity, Lab Period One Perform
Experiment 18: Selection of Bacterial Mutants Resistant to Antibiotics, Lab Period
One

Oct. 6

Cover Lecture 9 material. Perform Experiment 16: Lethal Effects of Ultraviolet

Radiation, Lab Period Two Perform Experiment 17: Kirby Bauer Technique, Lab
Period Two Perform Experiment 18: Selection of Bacterial Mutants Resistant to
Antibiotics, Lab Period Two Perform Experiment 19: Disinfectants and Antiseptics,
Lab Period One Perform Experiment 20: Effectiveness of Hand Washing, Lab
Period One

Th

Oct. 8

10

Cover Lecture 10 material. Perform Experiment 18: Selection of Bacterial

Mutants Resistant to Antibiotics, Lab Period Three Perform Experiment
19: Disinfectants and Antiseptics, Lab Period Two Perform Experiment 20:
Effectiveness of Hand Washing, Lab Period Two Perform Experiment 21: Bacterial
Genetics: Transformation, Lab Period One Perform Experiment 22: Bacteriophage
Isolation from Sewage, Lab Period One, found after Lecture 11

Oct. 13

11

Cover Lecture 11 material. Perform Experiment 21: Bacterial Genetics:

Transformation, Lab Period Two Perform Experiment 22: Bacteriophage Isolation
from Sewage, Lab Period Two Perform Experiment 23: Titration of a Phage
Suspension, Lab Period One

Day

Date

Lecture

Experiments and Exercises

Th

Oct. 15

12

Cover Lecture 12 material. Perform Experiment 23: Titration of a Phage

Suspension, Lab Period Two Perform Experiment 24: Fungi Skill Tests #1
complete by Friday, October 16th

Oct. 20

13

Cover Lecture 13 material. Perform Experiment 25: Throat Swab for Grampositive Cocci, Lab Period One Perform Experiment 26: Gram-positive Cocci, Lab
Period One Perform Experiment 27: Gram-negative Rod, Lab Period One

Th

Oct. 22

14

Cover Lecture 14 material. Perform Experiment 25: Throat Swab for Grampositive Cocci, Lab Period Two Perform Experiment 26: Gram-positive Cocci, Lab
Period Two Perform Experiment 27: Gram-negative Rod, Lab Period Two

Oct. 27

15

Cover Lecture 15 material. Perform Experiment 26: Gram-positive Cocci, Lab

Period Three Perform Experiment 27: Gram-negative Rod, Lab Period Three
Perform Experiment 28: Unknown Identification, Lab Period One

Th

Oct. 29

16

Cover Lecture 16 material. Perform Experiment 28: Unknown Identification, Lab

Period Two Perform Experiment 29: Preparation of Wine, Lab Period One

Nov. 3

17

Perform Experiment 28: Unknown Identification, Lab Period Three

Th

Nov. 5

18

Cover Lecture 18 material. Perform Experiment 28: Unknown Identification, Lab

Period Four

Nov. 10

19

Cover Lecture 19 material. Perform Experiment 28: Unknown Identification, Lab

Period Five

Th

Nov. 12

20

Cover Lecture 20 material. Perform Experiment 30: Hemagglutination Perform

Experiment 31: Ouchterlony Gel Diffusion, Lab Period One Perform Experiment 32:
WBC Differential Blood Smear

Nov. 17

21

Cover Lecture 21 material. Perform Experiment 31: Ouchterlony Gel Diffusion,

Lab Period Two Perform Experiment 33: Water Microbiology, Lab Period One

Th

Nov. 19

22

Cover Lecture 22 material. Perform Experiment 33: Water Microbiology, Lab

Period Two Perform Experiment 34: Enumeration of Microorganisms in Soil, Lab
Period One Perform Experiment 35: Enrichment of Azotobacter, Lab Period One

Nov. 24

NO LAB Thanksgiving Break

Th

Nov. 26

NO LAB Thanksgiving Break

Dec. 1

23

Cover Lecture 23 material. Perform Experiment 33: Water Microbiology, Lab

Period Three Perform Experiment 34: Enumeration of Microorganisms in Soil, Lab
Period Two Perform Experiment 35: Enrichment of Azotobacter, Lab Period Two
Perform Experiment 36: Food Microbiology, Lab Period One Perform Experiment
37: Caries Susceptibility Test, Lab Period One

Th

Dec. 3

24

Cover Lecture 24 material. Perform Experiment 35: Enrichment of Azotobacter,

Lab Period Three Perform Experiment 36: Food Microbiology, Lab Period Two
Perform Experiment 37: Caries Susceptibility Test, Lab Period Two Perform
Experiment 38: Preparation of Yogurt

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