MMG 302

Introductory Microbiology Laboratory

Recitation Monday 4:10-5:00PM e100 Vet Med. Center
Laboratories - 2160C Biomedical & Physical Science Building
Schedule - Spring 2005
Dr. Terence L. Marsh
Dept. of Microbiology and Molecular
Genetics & Center for Microbial
Ecology
6171 BPS
355-6463 x1597
MARSHT@msu.edu
Office hours by appointment.

Dr. Dennis Arvidson

Dept of Microbiology and Molecular
Genetics
2225 BPS
517-355-6463 x1513
arvidso4@msu.edu
Office hours by appointment.

Katrina Burns
Laboratory preparation
2215A BPS
355-6463 x1507
SCHEDULE OF LABORATORIES
DATE
EXERCISE
Jan 10-14
1.1; 2.1; 2.2
Jan 17-21
Jan 21-28
Jan 31-Feb 4
Feb 7-11
Feb 14-18
Feb 21-25
Feb 28-March 4
March 7-11
March 14-18
March 21-25
March 28 April 1
April 4-8
April 11-15
April 18-22
April 25-29
May 2, 5:45-7:45 PM

1.2; 2.3
3.1
3.1
4.1; 4.2
5.1; 5.2
6
7
BREAK
8
9
10
11
11
11
11

DESCRIPTION
Environmental microbes; aseptic transfer,
streak technique
Light microscopy
Cellular morphology: Gram stain
Staining continued
Quantification of bacteria/virus
Turbidity: growth requirements
Enrichment, selective and differential media
Antibiotics
Handwashing
Bacterial conjugation
Physiological characteristics
Unknowns I
Unknowns II
Unknowns III
Unknowns IV; Viruses
FINAL EXAM

Grading:
Grades will be based on your attendance and performance. Your semester grade
will be determined using the following scheme:
Lab exercises 1 10 ............................................... 50%
Lab report of exercise 11 .......................................... 25%
Final exam ................................................................ 25%
Total .........................................................................100%
Lab exercises, notebooks, and report will be graded by the teaching assistants of
your laboratory section. In addition, each student must demonstrate competency
in basic microbiological techniques including microscopy (Gram stain), the
streak plate and aseptic technique. These skills will be evaluated by your
teaching assistants. The final examination will be graded by Dr. Marsh & Dr.
Arvidson.

Final Grade Point:

The final grade point scale is as follows;
4.0 93-100
3.5 87-92
3.0 82-86
2.5 76-81
2.0 70-75
1.5 64-69
1.0 56-63
0.0 0-55

Attendance:
A laboratory is a graded exercise. If you do not attend, your grade for that lab is
zero. You are expected to attend all laboratory classes. Each unexcused absence
will result in a 5% deduction from your final grade in the course. There are no
make-up laboratory classes. All assignments and the final examination must be
completed on the scheduled dates. Exceptions will be made only in cases of a
documented medical problem.

Pre-lab preparation:
Come prepared to the lab; read the exercise of the week before class.
Consult the textbook used in MIC 301 for additional details.

Plagiarism will not be tolerated. For information regarding plagiarism,

its definition and examples, see the following MSU web sites.
http://www.vps.msu.edu/SpLife/rule32.htm
http://www.msu.edu/unit/ombud/plagiarism.html

Section
1

Meeting Time
Tu 12:40-2:30

W 12:40-2:30

Th 12:40-2:30

W 3-4:50

Th 3-4:50

F 12:40-2:30

Tu 3-4:50

*denotes lead TA

Teaching Assistants
Christine Dugan*
Gavin Gibson
Tony Lutz
Lori Imboden
Tony Lutz
Heather Wood
Emily Schrum
Christine Dugan
Kevin Nuttall
Heather Wood
Tiffany Prest
Sybil Lee
Xiangrong Guo
Natasha Joshi
Yi Zheng
Natasha Joshi
Lori Imboden
Colleen Hoehne
Lindsay Enders
Yi Zheng
Xiangrong Guo
Gavin Gibson

email
duganchr@msu.edu
gibsong4@msu.edu
lutzanth@msu.edu
imbodenl@msu.edu
lutzanth@msu.edu
hdlewis2000@yahoo.com
schrumem@msu.edu
duganchr@msu.edu
nuttallk@msu.edu
hdlewis2000@yahoo.com
presttif@msu.edu
reinholz@msu.edu
guoxiang@msu.edu
joshinat@msu.edu
zhengyi@msu.edu
joshinat@msu.edu
imbodenl@msu.edu
hoehneco@msu.edu
endersli@msu.edu
zhengyi@msu.edu
guoxiang@msu.edu
gibsong4@msu.edu