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Lab Agenda Exercise #
Lab 1 June 24-25 Lab safety discussion, sign/return safety sheets  
Lab scavenger hunt Exercise 1
Aseptic Technique  
Unseen Organisms Exercise 2
Aseptic Transfers Exercise 3
Microscopy: Observe prokaryotic/eukaryotic cells Exercise 4
Motility (TTC media) Exercise 5
Lab 2 June 29-30 Isolation of Colonies  
Streak Plate technique Exercise 1
Spread Plate technique Exercise 2
Staining techniques  
Simple stain Exercise 3
Negative stain Exercise 4
Gram stain Exercise 5
Lab 3 July 1-2 Staining techniques continued  
Gram stain unknown Exercise 1
Capsule stain Exercise 2
Endospore stain Exercise 3
Acid-fast stain Exercise 4
Lab 4 July 6-7 Properties of Microbes (Selective/Differential Media  
Mannitol Salt Agar Exercise 1
Eosin-Methylene Blue Agar Exercise 2
MacConkey Agar Exercise 3
Control of Microbes  
Kirby-Bauer antimicrobial susceptibility test Exercise 4
Disinfectant/antiseptic sensitivity Exercise 5
pH Exercise 6
Temperature Exercise 7
Lab 5 July 8-9 Biochemical Reactions  
Fermentation Reactions  
Carbohydrate fermentation (phenol red) Exercise 1
Triple Sugar Iron (TSI) Exercise 2
Enzyme Hydrolysis  
Starch Exercise 3
Casein Exercise 4
Gelatin Exercise 5
Lipid Exercise 6
IMViC  
SIM Exercise 7
MR-VP Exercise 8
Citrate Exercise 9
Lab 6 July 13-14 Lab Practical #1 (Covers material from labs 1-4)  
Read Biochemical results  
Lab 7 July 15-16 Quantitative Techniques  
Standard Plate Count Exercise 1
Microbial Genetics  
Bacterial Transformation Exercise 2
Bacterial Conjugation Exercise 3
Lab 8 July 20-21 Staphylococcal Pathogens  
Catalase Exercise 1
Coagulase Exercise 2
Mannitol Salt Agar Exercise 3
Novobiocin Susceptibility Exercise 4
Streptococcal Pathogens  
Blood Agar Hemolysis Exercise 5
Bacitracin Sensitivity Exercise 6
Bile Esculin Exercise 7
Lab 9 July 22-23 Eukaryotic Microbes  
Fungi (Rhizopus, Aspergillus, Penicillium) Exercise 1
Protista (Giardia, Trypanosoma, Entamoeba, Plasmodium) Exercise 2
Animalia (Schistosoma, Taenia, Ascaris) Exercise 3
Immunology  
Observation of Blood Cells Exercise 4
Blood Typing Exercise 5
Lab 10 July 27-28 Lab Practical #2 (covers material from Labs 5-9)