MICROBIOLOGY
Lab Manual
 

Lab Report Instructions

All 12 labs must be completed in order to receive a grade for the course. Incomplete labs or labs not attempted will not receive a grade. Each lab has unique projects. These projects may include:

  • Answering questions

  • Internet quizzes

  • Virtual labs and questions

  • Data collection

  • Data analysis

  • Conclusions

  • Presentation of data in tables and graphs

  • Sketches and identifications

The following list are the criteria involved in correcting the lab reports. Be very sure that you read and understand the grading criteria.

*Answers to questions should be in complete sentences when appropriate
*Multiple choice answers can be listed using letters to indicate your answers
*Tables and graphs need to be properly labeled and complete
*Conclusions and data analysis should be in paragraph form
*Sketches and identifications need to be complete and legible (a hint here is to construct each of your sketches large enough so that they take up at a minimum of 1/2 of a page)
*Sketches do not have to be works of art, but need to be accurate and legible
*Sketches and drawings must be drawn free hand
*Do not just copy the image on a copy machine and label it or print the image off from a computer
*Lab reports consist of answers to assigned questions, sketches and tables for each lab.
*Lab reports should be submitted on the published due date in class.
*Your answers should be in complete sentences and sketches and tables as accurate as possible.
*Answers to questions can be handwritten or typed.
*Labs handed in which are not sketched or drawn will not be accepted.
*These sketches must also be properly labeled as per instructions with each lab.
*Lab reports not deemed as college level works by the instructor will not be accepted.
*Labs need to be submitted in their entirety as a lab.
*Do not submit the drawings and questions separately or submit parts of the lab.
*Be very sure that you have included a cover page for the lab.
*You can access and print off the cover page for each of the labs from the link given on the LAB INDEX page.
*Labs submitted without the cover page and not stapled will be deducted in points.
*All 12 labs must be completed in order to receive a grade for the course.
*You can check your lab for completion by checking the boxes on the cover page for each of the labs.

At the beginning of each lab there is listed what each lab will include. An example from Lab 4 is as follows:
CONTENT

     1) Optimal pH
     2) Optimal Temperature
There is also a list under the heading "What Do I Need To Hand In With This Lab" which will indicate what you need to supply in your lab report. An example from Lab 1 is as follows:
What Do I Need To Hand In For This Lab?
Tables / Graphs
 
Growth of Microorganisms on Agars with a Different pH
Growth of Microorganisms on Agars with a Different Temperatures
Sketches
Growth of Microorganisms on Agars with a Different pH

Bacillus coagulans, Micrococcus luteus, Penicillium chrysogenum, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Growth of Microorganisms on Agars with a Different Temperatures
 

Bacillus coagulans, Micrococcus luteus, Penicillium chrysogenum, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Questions
 
Answers to pH questions 1-2
Answers to Temperature questions 1-4
Cover Page
 
Lab 4 Cover Page

Be very sure that you:

  1. Use a Lab report cover page for each lab completely filling out the information asked for on the Cover page. Labs submitted without this information or without a cover page will be deducted in points. Use the COVER PAGE INDEX to access  the cover pages for the labs. You will find a link for the cover pages on the Lab Index page.
    (You can print the cover page for each of the labs you submit)

  2. Staple the report together (Submit the lab in its entirety, do not submit only parts of the lab).

  3. Points will be deducted from your lab if they are not stapled together or if they are missing a lab report cover page.

Do not fall behind in the labs as doing many labs in a short time is very tough. You must keep on schedule. Lab due dates can be found in your SYLLABUS and in your ASSIGNMENT SHEET.

Terry Wiseth
Northland College
1101 Hwy One East
Thief River Falls MN 56701