BIOL2240

Laboratory exercises are designed to illustrate the material studied in BIOL 2230 for students majoring in biology, biotechnology, nursing and certain allied health and technical fields. Topics include bacterial cell type identification using staining procedures (i.e. gram, spore an acid-fast stains), biochemical testing, food microbiology and microbial growth methods. This course focuses on diagnostic identification and research procedures for clinical microbiology.