Branch
Microbiology
3 groups12 techniques12 virtual labs
0 of 12 practised
- Culture & counting4 techniques
- Plating & streakingGrow bacteria or yeast on agar and isolate single colonies.
- CFU countingCount viable microbes by plating serial dilutions.
- Growth curvesFollow microbial growth over time by optical density.
- Liquid culture & strain storageGrow cultures for experiments and keep strains long term.
0 of 4 practisedOpen Culture & counting → - Identification & susceptibility4 techniques
- Gram stainingClassify bacteria by cell-wall type under the microscope.
- Selective & differential mediaIsolate or tell apart organisms by what they grow on.
- Biochemical identificationIdentify species from their metabolic traits or protein fingerprint.
- Antimicrobial susceptibility (MIC)Find the lowest drug concentration that stops growth.
0 of 4 practisedOpen Identification & susceptibility → - Genetics & model microbes4 techniques
- Microbial geneticsBuild knockouts and engineered strains in bacteria and yeast.
- Yeast two-hybridScreen for protein–protein interactions inside yeast.
- Biofilm assaysQuantify how well microbes form biofilms on surfaces.
- Phage workTiter and propagate bacteriophages.
0 of 4 practisedOpen Genetics & model microbes →