Association for Biology Laboratory Education
Microbiology
An interdisciplinary look at drug design and testing: Penicillin derivatives and their activity
Julia M. Schmitz, Elaine Bailey
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2023, Volume 43
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Fast and friendly bacterial transformation for high school and college labs
Callen Hyland, Richard Chan
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2023, Volume 43
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Snowflake CURE: Isolating microbial DNA from snow for metagenomic analysis to teach undergraduate students molecular and biostatistical tools
Anne Kruchten, Jenean O\'Brien
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2023, Volume 43
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Understanding the Microbiome through Personalized Learning
Sarah Ruffell, Anithra R. Selvakumar, Samantha Ruffell
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2022, Volume 42
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BeanBeetleMicrobiome app: an online app for community analysis of microbiome data
Lawrence Blumer, Christopher Beck, Nicole M. Gerardo, Anna J. Zelaya, Carolyne Huang
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2022, Volume 42
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Using Molecular Tools to Identify Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Environmental DNA (eDNA)
Bruce C. Bryan
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2022, Volume 42
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Teaching the Bean Beetle Microbiome CURE in an Online Format
Lawrence Blumer, Christopher Beck, Nicole M. Gerardo, Anna J. Zelaya, Sinead N. Younge
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2022, Volume 42
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BioBits® Antibiotic Resistance Lab: Visualizing How Antibiotics Work and Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance
Ally Huang, Jessica C. Stark, Bruce C. Bryan, Allison M. Nishitani
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2022, Volume 42
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The Close-Call in Microbiology Labs - Understanding Microbes
Seema Thomas, Maryah Glover, Anutthaman Parthasarathy, Andre Hudson
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2020, Volume 41
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The Wild Yeasts Biodiversity Project
Sarah Stockwell
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2020, Volume 41
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Developing Algebraic and Geometric Understanding of Stereology in Biological and Astronomy Contexts
Robin Cooper, Rebecca Krall, Maddie Sanden, Ann S. O'Neil
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2020, Volume 41
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The Hunt for MRSA and ESBLs: An Examination of Pathogenic Bacteria on a University Campus
Sarah Ruffell, Tara Halterman, Kaylee Brown
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2020, Volume 41
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Introducing Community Ecology and Data Skills with the Bean Beetle Microbiome Project
Lawrence Blumer, Christopher Beck
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2020, Volume 41
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Using FoldscopesTM for Offline Exploration in Online Biology Courses
Jennifer Van Dommelen, Jacob Fletcher
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2020, Volume 41
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Using Algae in Undergraduate STEM Education:A Flexible Inquiry-based Investigation at Scale
Moria G. Harmon, Donald P. French, John Stewart, Dylan Franks
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2020, Volume 41
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A Simple Experiment that Reveals Overgrowth of Fungi as a ?Side-Effect? of Antibiotic Use
Kathleen A. Nolan, Allen Burdowski, Victoria Ruiz, Kristen Casares, Onika Brown
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2019, Volume 40
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Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria, Play It to Learn It
Catarina Mata
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2019, Volume 40
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HHMI SEA-PHAGES: A Course-Based Research Experience that Promotes Persistence in the Sciences
Tom D’Elia
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2019, Volume 40
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A Clean Energy Teaching Tool: Microbial Fuel Cells!
Mary Ann McLean, Eric McLeod, Keegan Pronovost
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2018, Volume 39
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Fun with Videos: Difficult Concepts Made Accessible
Lakshmi Chilukuri, Lorlina Almazan, Ana Gomez
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2017, Volume 38
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Attack of the Killer Fungus: "Real" Research in the Classroom
Brian Sato
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2017, Volume 38
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Examining Microbial Biodiversity in Soil: A Large-Enrollment Introductory Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience
Stephanie Mel, Stanley Lo
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2017, Volume 38
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Modular Microbiology
Jessica Goldstein, Sarah Salm
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2016, Volume 37
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Using the Crystal Violet Biofilm Assay to Assess Efficacy of Traditional Family Remedies of Students
Jill Callahan, Julia Bryan
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2016, Volume 37
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Quick, Safe and Simple Silver Staining for Ciliates and Other Protists
Ben Waggoner, Taylor Newman
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2016, Volume 37
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Isolation and Identification of Endophytic Fungi: The Uninvited and Unnoticed Guests
Alma Rodriguez Estrada
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2016, Volume 37
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"Bugs on Bugs:" An Inquiry-Based, Collaborative Activity to Learn Arthropod and Microbial Biodiversity
Jeanelle M. Morgan, Evan Lampert
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2016, Volume 37
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Bacterial Biofilm Quantification: Using a Crystal Violet Assay to Assess Student-Selected Remedies
Jill Callahan, Michael J. Castaldi
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2016, Volume 37
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Creating a Microbial Genome Analysis Project using Publically Available Genome Sequences and Online Bioinformatics Programs
Brad Goodner, Todd Nickle, Lori Scott, Kimberly Murphy, Stephen Koury, Katherine Houmiel, Ben McFarland, Jennifer Tenlen, Andrew Lumpe, D. Rhoads, D. Wood, Daihong Chen
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2016, Volume 37
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Battle of the Bacteria: Characterizing the Evolutionary Advantage of Stationary Phase Growth
Brian Sato, Karin Kram
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2016, Volume 37
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Antibiotic Properties of Spices
Kathy Winnett-Murray, Lori Hertel, Sasha Balcazar, Maria Burnatowska-Hledin
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2016, Volume 37
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Termites in Cow Pies: A Study of Symbiosis
Bill Glider
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2015, Volume 36
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Characterization of Worm Capture by Nematophagous Fungi: Real Research in the Classroom
Brian Sato
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2015, Volume 36
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Yogurt Making - How Does Carbohydrate Type Affect Yogurt Chemistry?
Joanna R. Vondrasek
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2014, Volume 35
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Mutation and Selection: An Exploration of Antibiotic Resistance in Serratia marcescens
Laurel Hester, Mark Sarvary, Corey Petak
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2014, Volume 35
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Incorporating Evolutionary Medicine into an Introductory Biology Lab Program
Donna M. Bozzone
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2014, Volume 35
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Extremophiles in My Backyard? Enhancing Analytical and Math Skills with a Simple Enquiry Based Lab
Lakshmi Chilukuri, Lorlina Almazan
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2014, Volume 35
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A Theme-Based Experimental Methods Course Provides Research Experience for Biology Majors
Diane Dorsett, Latanya Hammonds-Odie
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2014, Volume 35
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A Comparison of Methods for Enumeration of Bacteria from Natural Water Samples: A Multi-Week Laboratory Project
Kate Verville
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2014, Volume 35
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Student-Designed Projects That Ascertain Antibiotic Properties of Natural Substances
Kathleen A. Nolan, Marlon Joseph, Victoria Pierre-Louis, Hannah Singer, Aleeza Wachs
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2013, Volume 34
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Induction of the Lambda Lysogen
Carrie Doonan, Lynley Doonan
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2013, Volume 34
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Outbreak!: Scenario-Based Instruction in Microbiology
Angela Seliga, Jan Blom, Nathan Rycroft, Xiaojuan Khoo, Matthew Walker
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2013, Volume 34
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The Use of DNASTAR Lasergene Educational Software with Molecular Techniques to Support Bacterial Identification
Troy Skwor
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2012, Volume 33
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An Authentic Undergraduate Research Experience that Combines Genome Annotation and Functional Genomics
Lori Scott, Angela Ghrist
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2012, Volume 33
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A Comparison of the Sensitivities of Serratia marcescens and Deinococcus radiodurans to Ultraviolet Irradiation
Lawrence Porter
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2011, Volume 32
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Throwing the Dice: Teaching the Hemocytometer
Jessica Goldstein, Sarah Salm
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2011, Volume 32
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Phagehunting with Introductory Biology Studies
Pamela Connerly, Deborah Jacobs-Sera
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2011, Volume 32
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Quick DNA Isolation from P. fluorescens
Andrew Samuelsen
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2010, Volume 31
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Evolution of Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics
Ralph Preszler, Amy Marion
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2010, Volume 31
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The Use of Slide Culture to Study Individual Cell Activity
Kate Verville
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2010, Volume 31
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Using Yeast Fermentation to Suggest and Then Challenge a Model
Robert Kosinski, C. Kaighn Morlok
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2010, Volume 31
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Regulation of Gene Expression: Turning Genes On and Off
Carrie Doonan
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2010, Volume 31
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Use of bioinformatics to investigate β-Lactamase, a mediator of β-Lactam
Paula Lessem
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2009, Volume 30
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The Antibiotic Resistance Phenomenon: Use of Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) Determination for Inquiry Based Experimentation
Paula Lessem
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2008, Volume 29
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The Beautiful Moldy World All Around Us
Karen Romanyk
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2006, Volume 27
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Using the Slime Mold Physarum polycephalum in Independent Student Research
Janice Bonner
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2006, Volume 27
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Molds As Model Organisms For Undergraduate Structured Inquiry Labs
Daniel Johnson
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2004, Volume 25
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Investigating Your Watershed: Detection of Fecal Coliform Bacteria
Karin Readel
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2001, Volume 22
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The lac Operon of E. coli
Ramesh Bhambhani
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 1998, Volume 19
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The Methods of Science: Properties of Life as Observed in a Slime Mold
Carolyn Ogren
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 1994, Volume 15
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The Genetics of Beta-galactosidase— Encoded by the lacZ gene in E. coli— Laboratory Exercises to Illustrate Gene Regulation
Susan J. Karcher, Kristene Henne, Deborah Anderson
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2008, Volume 29
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The Genetics of Beta-galactosidase--Encoded by the lacZ gene in E. coli--Laboratory Exercises to Illustrate Gene Regulation
Susan J. Karcher, Kristene Henne
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2007, Volume 28
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Bacterial Quorum Sensing and Bioluminescence
David Popham, Ann Stevens
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2006, Volume 27
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Chicken Wing Microbiology
Mark Walvoord, Mariëlle Hoefnagels
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2006, Volume 27
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Using Microbial Eukaryotes for Laboratory Instruction and Student Inquiry
Donna M. Bozzone
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2005, Volume 26
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Revisiting "A Practical Guide to the Use of Cellular Slime Molds for Laboratory Exercises and Experiments"
Donna M. Bozzone
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2004, Volume 25
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Bacterial Gene Transfer
Roberta Ellington, John Mordacq
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2004, Volume 25
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Microbial Ecology of the Oral Cavity
Barbara Dill, Heather Merilees
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 1989, Volume 10
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Isolation of an Unknown Bacterium from Soil
Patricia Steubing
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 1993, Volume 14
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Genetic Control of Cell Chemistry Using Serratia marcescens
Elise Schmidt
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 1993, Volume 14
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A Practical Guide to the Use of Cellular Slime Molds for laboratory Exercises and Experiments
Donna M. Bozzone
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 1993, Volume 14
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The Struggle for Existence: Competition Between Bacterial Strains
Linda B. Cholewiak, Beth A. D. Nichols, Richard Condit
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 1992, Volume 13
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Quorum Sensing in Agrobacterium tumefaciens Using N-oxo-Acyl-homoserine Lactone Chemical Signal
William J. Page, Anna Szenthe
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2003, Volume 24
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Identification of Bacterial Species
Kimberley Christopher, Elsa Bruno
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2003, Volume 24
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Microscopy of Air/Water Biofilms in the Undergraduate Laboratory: A Simple Collection Kit with Multiple Applications
Margaret Henk
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2003, Volume 24
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Spot-Overlay Ames Test of Potential Mutagens
A. Malcolm Campbell, David Wessner, Peggy Maiorano, John Kenyon, Ralph Pillsbury
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2001, Volume 22
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A Discovery Laboratory Investigating Bacterial Gene Regulation
Robert Moss
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 1999, Volume 20
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Identification of Microorganisms Encountered in the Upper Respiratory Tract
Iris L. Sun
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 1996, Volume 17
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Bacterial Gene Transfer
Roberta Ellington, John Mordacq
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 1998, Volume 19
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Simulated Laboratories and Lessons in Microbiology and Biochemistry
Samuel Kaplan
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 1981, Volume 2
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Sodium-Ion Dependence in Marine Gram-Negative Bacteria
John A. Gow
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 1985, Volume 6
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Two Reliable and Inexpensive Lysozyme Assays for Teaching Enzymology and Microbiology
John A. Snyder, Donald Fritsch
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 1982, Volume 3
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