putting bacteria to work

Description: Discuss how we can put microbes to work to facilitate our lives: from keeping our landscape clean to making delicious food and beverages.  Objectives: Recognize the importance of microorganisms in water and sewage treatment plants. Describe food Microbiology, focusing on both preventative infection methods and the implication of specific microbial taxa in food preparation. … Read more

build the baddest bug

Build the Baddest Bug! Here’s where you post your Baddest Bug.  Remember to do the following Review the bacterial structures we have discussed in chapter 3. Determine which structures are necessary to all bacteria for survival. Determine which structures provide virulence factors (allow it to cause disease). Choose up to three virulence factors and build … Read more