Week

Lab Exercise

Experiment #

Quiz

1

Aug 25-29

Course Introduction and Biosafety

Microscopy (MW class will perform Gram stain on W)

1

WR: Biosafety

Mon, Sept 1

Labor Day Holiday – No Classes

2

Sept 2-5

Gram Stain and Capsule Stain

Acid Fast and Endospore Stain

2,3

4,5

WR: Gram/Capsule

3

Sept 8-12

Culture Transfer Techniques

Isolation of Pure Cultures

Viable Plate Counts

6

7

8

MT: AF/Spore

4

Sept 15-19

Effect of Temp on Microbial Growth

Atmospheric Oxygen Requirements

Cultivation of Anaerobic Organisms

9

10

11

MT: Pure Cultures, Viable Plate Counts

5

Sept 22-26

Selective, Differential & Enriched Media

Chemical Control of Microorganisms

Chemotherapeutic Agents

Additive and Synergistic Effects of Antibiotics

12

13

14

15

MT: Temperature, O₂ Req, and Anaerobic

6

Sept 29-Oct 3

Microbial Flora of the Mouth

Normal Flora of the Throat and Skin

Cultivation of Urine Specimens

16

17

18

MT: Sel/Diff, Chemo Agents

7

Oct 6-10

Review for Practical I

Lab Practical

MT: Flora of Mouth, Throat, Skin

8

Oct 13-17

Identification of Bacillus species

Transformation

19

20

9

Oct 20-24

Identification of Staphylococcus species

Identification of Streptococcus species

Catalase Test

Coagulase Test

21

22

23

24

MT: Bacillus

WR: Transformation

10

Oct 27-31

Identification of Gram-negative species

26

MT: Staph/Strep

WR: Unknown Procedure

11

Nov 3-7

Unknowns

MT: TSI, Urea, SIM

12

Nov 10-14

Unknowns

MT: LIA, MR/VP, Citrate, Nitrate

Nov 14

Last Day to Withdraw

13

Nov 17-21

Yogurt Production

Water Microbiology

Food Microbiology

Finish Unknowns

31

32

33

14

Nov 24-26

Rapid Strep and Staph Tests

Staining Patient Specimens

27, 28

29, 30

MT: Water/Food Micro

15

Dec 1-5

Review for Lab Practical

Lab Practical II