Increasing student interest with the Bacterial Unknown Identification Project: using mixed cultures to create real-world applications.

ABSTRACT: Many introductory-level classes teach fundamental concepts, as they are prerequisites for upper-division courses. Therefore, the student body in these classes has diverse interests. To address this breadth of career trajectory, introductory-level laboratory courses often include experiments that demonstrate a wide range of microbiological techniques and processes. One of the experiments that is a standard component of many microbiology classes, the Bacterial Unknown Identification Project (BUIP), is often limited to isolated organisms or a specific environment. Here, we describe an updated method for the BUIP that incorporates the projected student career diversity through the implementation of multiple mixed cultures of microorganisms associated with different environments. This update ca

SUBMITTER: Perri K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10720552 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature