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Urine Cultures & Bacterial Identification
Laboratory Exercise
Virtual Microbiology Classroom of Science Prof Online
Urine Cultures & Bacterial Identification Lab Materials
This is the main laboratory page for the Urine Cultures & Bacterial Identification lab exercise topic of an 16-week introductory college microbiology class. This lab is designed to help students understand microbe identification in a clinical context by using a simulated urine culture (nutrient broth) to determine the genus and species of a potential pathogen. The links on this page will take students to the Virtual Microbiology Classroom documents that you will need to prepare for lab.
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You have free access to a large collection of materials used in a college-level introductory microbiology course.
Page last updated: 2/2015
SCIENCE PHOTOS
- Microbiology 101 TextVook (Fun animated textbook.)
- Nursing 101: Microbiology Edition
- Case Files: Microbiology from McGraw-Hill
- Basic Microbiology Lab Techniques by TouchApp
- Microbiology Pronunciations from HippoSoft LLC
SPO VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS
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MORE MICROBIOLOGY HELPFUL LINKS & APPS
The following are useful links to additional online materials that may help students better understand this laboratory exercise.
- Bacterial growth video and narration, YouTube, Dizzo95.
ADDITIONAL REQUIRED LAB READINGS
- Lab Project #4 instructions on Moodle.
- Bauman, R (2007) Bauman, R (2007) Microbiology, 3rd Edition, p. 176-8, 187-8, 572, D-11, 245-249, 297-8
- Urine Culture, WebMD
- Steinbach, WJ & Shetty AK(2001) "Use of the diagnostic bacteriology laboratory: a practical review for the clinician," Postgrad Med J 2001;77:148-156.
- Photo of API-20E test strip-20E test strip
- Lindquist, J. (2010) "API-20E Enteric Bacteria Identification System" from An Introduction to Bacterial Identification.
- Citing References in Scientific Research Papers by Timothy Allen
NOTE: Students must review all material in categories highlighted with
red titles PRIOR TO ATTENDING LAB in order to be prepared to participate.
The Urine Cultures & Bacterial Identification Lab materials include:
- Laboratory PowerPoint
- Lab exercise instructions and lab report template
- Additional required readings
- Links to images related to the lab
- Additional links that support the lecture materiall
Liquid media clouded with bacterial growth.
Sterile liquid bacterial growth media. Note that it is transparent, not clouded.
URINE CULTURES & BACTERIAL ID LABORATORY POWERPOINTS
The lab PowerPoints used in the Virtual Microbiology Classroom are designed to help introduce students to each lab topic.
- Lab Project #4: Urine Cultures & Bacterial Identification Lab PowerPoint Show
- Lab Project #4: Urine Cultures & Bacterial Identification Lab PDF Printout
Printing: The best way for students to print out the PowerPoint Show is to download the PDF version. Select Print, and, when the Print screen comes up, go to the Print Handling options. Under Page Scaling, select "Multiple pages per sheet", Under Pages per sheet, select "2". That uses up less paper, placing two slides on each page.
URINE CULTURES LAB DOCUMENTS
The Lab Project Instructions provide a thorough explanation of the lab topic, as well as detailed directions on how to complete the lab exercise. The Lab Report Template is what the students use to develop the lab report of this project that will be turned in.
- Lab Project #4: Urine Cultures & Bacterial Identification Lab Project INSTRUCTIONS