How to Guide to Characterizing your Unknown
For your unknown, you should find all of the following information before your start writing your report:
– Gram reaction
– Shape and arrangement of organism
– Catalase test (for Gram + only)
– All media needed for ID (use the Gram + and – ID labs) and descriptions of any color changes
Checklist for your Unknown Report:
This is your original work – Show off what you have learned this semester! 🙂 Please don’t copy and paste passages from the internet/books/articles. Plagiarism (or more then 40% similarity) will result in at least 10 point deduction. Reports that have a higher than 50% similarity will receive 25 points deduction. This report should be in full sentences (Methods excluded)
Title (5 Points)
– Describes in a few words what was done
– Is short and precise (no longer than one sentence)
Introduction/Background (20 points)
– Describe the purpose of Microbiological Testing
o Why is testing important in the medical field?
o What is the goal of microbiological testing?
– Background on Gram negatives and Gram positives
o Differences between Gram + and – (color doesn’t count…)
o Give some examples of each
o Describe at least two diseases for each, signs, symptoms
Methods (15)
– Describe the Gram staining procedure
– Describe how catalase test would have been done (if this test was used)
– Name all media that should have been inoculated to ID your unknown and why
Results (20 points)
– Describe results for Gram reaction, cell shape and arrangement (look up information)
– What color changes were observed for each test? Any zones of inhibition (for antibiotics only)?
o Use pix of media found in the Gram + and – powerpoints for this
– Choose a good microscopic picture (e.g. Gram stained organism) found on the web but you must reference the source.
Discussion (20 points)
– Explain how your organism’s tests differed from the other gram – or +
– Write at least two paragraph about the significance of your organism
o e.g. Diseases it causes, Interesting facts etc. (The information can be collected from sources such as your text book, lab manual, or internet.)
References (5 points).
– Contains a list of sources you used for your report. You should always give credit to a source.
Overall organization (5 points)
– Report is easy to follow and contains all the subcategories in a logical order.
– Grammar and spelling counts
Submit electronic copy on due date (5 points)
– Late reports will receive 0/5 points in this category.
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