...Jing Wen; Fangzhong Yang; Meihua Che Antibiotic resistance has become one of the major public health threats of the 21st century. Bacteria serve as an excellent model organism, allowing scientists to study evolution in a short amount of time. There are many misconceptions among students regarding...

... 2021 antibiotics electrophoresis fluorescence illuminator imaging selection Research in microbiology, molecular genetics, cell biology, and developmental biology often uses fluorescence for microscopy and DNA visualization. While powerful and useful, fluorescence microscopes...

... 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...

... Soil enzymes antibiotics Streptomyces bacterial diversity During the next lab session, students visually inspect the plates to get a sense of the bacterial diversity of their soil sample. Although the plates, especially those with rich media, will show growth of a variety of species ( Figure...

...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...

... Association of Biology Teachers 2010 Tannins decomposition biodiversity bacteria antibiotics plant chemistry The students compare the extent of decomposition in fallen leaves from three common urban and forest trees ( Figure 1 ). The activities are introduced with a brief trip to any nearby...