... advanced activities can be used for lessons addressing NGSS performance expectations in HS-LS3 and HS-LS4. © 2021 by The Regents of the University of California 2021 antibiotics electrophoresis fluorescence illuminator imaging selection Research in microbiology, molecular genetics...

... are similar to bacteria and may thus be fought off with antibiotics. Yet viruses have no metabolism. Thus, antibiotics cannot work against them, but may instead cause more harm than help, given side effects such as killing beneficial bacteria (e.g., in the intestine). Second, misuse of antibi-otics is one key...

... Press's Reprints and Permissions web page, https://www.ucpress.edu/journals/reprints-permissions . 2019 Soil enzymes antibiotics Streptomyces bacterial diversity Petri dishes TSA starch: add soluble starch (2 g/L) to the TSA mixture before autoclaving TSA yolk: mix equal parts...

...Jesse A. Lewis; Nadja Anderson In this lesson students will use the Penicillium chrysogenum fungus, which naturally produces the antibiotic penicillin, to investigate the effect of naturally produced antibiotics on bacteria in laboratory cultures. Students co-culture P. chrysogenum with three...

...Eva M. Ogens; Richard Langheim We describe how to enable students to learn about the transmission of disease, resistant bacteria, and the importance of taking a “full course” of antibiotics by developing models and simulations to represent the growth and demise of bacteria. By doing...

... involved in the identification of an unknown bacterium and learn about the modes of action of common antibiotics against different types of bacteria. Feedback indicates that this course provided invaluable lessons and experiences for students who had no prior hands-on experience with microorganisms. 2...

... of your two replicates. 3. Average %: Red oak:___________ White oak:___________ Tulip poplar:___________ 3 e-mail: mbtraw@pitt.edu 4 e-mail: ngift@chatham.edu © 2010 by National Association of Biology Teachers 2010 Tannins decomposition biodiversity bacteria antibiotics...