BIO 205 LABORATORY SCHEDULE SPRING, 2004*

DATE
ACTIVITY

EXERCISE #

T, Jan 20
Check-In, Equipment, Metric
2, 3
R, Jan 22
The Microscope
5, App. A, B & E
T, Jan 27
The Microscope, Safety
5, App. A, B & E, 1
R, Jan 29
Tootsie Roll, Aseptic Transfer
4, 15
T, Feb. 3
Simple Stain (use cultures from aseptic transfer)
6
R, Feb. 5
Gram Stain
8
T, Feb. 10
Unknown Gram Stain, Antibiotics
8, 33
R, Feb. 12
Spore Stain, Effect of Oxygen
7, 17
T, Feb. 17
Negative Stain, Acid-Fast Stain
9, 10
R, Feb. 19
Parasites: Protozoa
12
T, Feb. 24
Bioluminescence by Transformation
20
R, Feb. 26
Parasites: Platyhelminthes
13
T, Mar 2
Parasites: Nematoda
14
R, Mar 4
Viral plaques, dilution problems
18, Appendix C
T, Mar 9
Lab Practical Review, focus 2 slides
all above
R, Mar 11
LAB PRACTICAL
all above
Mar 15-19
SPRING RECESS
-
T, Mar 23
Quebec Colony Counter, Streak for Isolation
18, Appendix C, 16
R, Mar 25
Nitrate, Oxidase
27, 28
T, Mar 30
IMViC, Carbohydrate Fermentation
31, 30
R, Apr 1
Motility, Urea, Streak Gram-neg. rod unknown (day 1 supplies)
25, 29, 37
T, Apr 6
KIA, Gelatin, continue Gram-neg. rod unknown (day 2 supplies)
32, 26, 37
R, Apr 8
alpha-hemolytic Streptococcus, continue Gram-neg. rod unknown (day 3 supplies), paper unknown assigned
36, 37
T, Apr 13
beta-hemolytic Streptococcus, continue Gram-neg. rod unknown (day 3 supplies)
35, 37
R, Apr 15 Staphylococcus, Streak urinary unknown (day 1 supplies) 34, 38
T, Apr 20
Blood typing, continue urinary unknown (day 2 supplies)
24, 38
R, Apr 22
Modified ELISA, continue urinary unknown (day 3 supplies), flow chart for Gram-positive cocci due
23, 38
F, Apr 23

Last Day for Student-Initiated Withdrawal

T, Apr 27
Continue urinary unknown (day 3 supplies)
38
R, Apr 29
Continue urinary unknown (day 3 supplies), LAST DAY FOR WITHDRAWAL
38
T, May 4
Read results, finish urinary unknown (day 3 supplies)
38
R, May 6
FINAL EXAM, unknowns due
all above

* This schedule is subject to change at the instructor's discretion.

# Chapter numbers refer to Introduction to Microbiology, by P. Johnson.

Maricopa Community College District Legal Disclaimer