Microbes
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Diversity, Benefits and Detriments of Microbes
Microbiology is both a basic and an applied science. It is not a single subject! It has many areas of specialization, including bacteriology, mycology (study of fungi), phycology (study of algae), virology, medical microbiology & immunology, public health, food microbiology, biotechnology, microbial genetics, and cell & molecular biology. In this assignment, we will discuss some of the various disciplines associated with microbiology and the beneficial microbes associated with them.
For your main discussion post (first post),
A. You must choose from among the beneficial organisms below.
B. It is required of all students to reserve their discussion topic using the following procedure:
I. ClickWeek 1 Discussion, above, to enter the Discussion.
II. Click Create Threadand type the number and scientific name of the organism you will discuss in the subject line to reserve your topic on a first come/first serve basis according to the classroom date/time stamp.Repeat main posts on the same organism are not permitted.
C. To post your main discussion you willReply to your topic intent post.
Please choose one of the following beneficial microbes for your main discussion:
1. Acetobacter aceti
2. Alcanivorax borkumensis
3. Arthrospira platensis
4. Aspergillus niger
5. Bacillus thuringiensis
6. Bifidobacterium infantis
7. Brettanomyces bruxellensis
8. Deinococcus radiodurans
9. Dunaliella salina
10. Escherichia coli
11. Geobacter metallireducens
12. Ideonella sakaiensis
13. Lactobacillus acidophilus
14. Lactobacillus gasseri
15. Oenococcus oeni
16. Paenibacillus polymyxa
17. Penicillium camemberti
18. Penicillium chrysogenum
19. Pseudomonas putida
20. Rhizobium leguminosarum
21. Saccharomyces cerevisiae
22. Shewanella oneidensis
23. Sinorhizobium meliloti
24. Streptomyces griseus
25. Synechococcus elongatus
26. Thiomargarita namibiensis
D. You must discuss your chosen organism to tell us what type of microbe it is, what helpful beneficial actions it performs and which subfield of microbiology it is involved in.You must discuss only the helpful, beneficial, positive aspects of your chosen organism for your entire main discussion.
E. Your discussion should be well-written, in your own words, paraphrasing from only credible academic sources. You may not directly quote from your sources, minimum elaboration on the topic of aminimum of 300 wordsandmaximum of 400 words.
F. You must also cite your credible academic reference sources with parenthetical in text citations, and provide full end ref information inAPA 7th Editionformat.
G.Due by 11:59PM ET Friday,on any day of the week other than the days you post your two comments, to meet the minimum three day posting requirement.
For your second post:
A. you will respond to another classmate with a substantive comment inminimum100, maximum 150 wordsabout how their organism isdetrimental/harmfulto another area of microbiology, after you have read their main discussion.
B. Again, you should provide student original writing, paraphrasing from credible sources, cite your source for this post in text in parentheses, and provide full end ref information in APA 7th Edition format.
C. Due by11:59PM ET Saturday,on any day of the week other than the day you posted your main discussion and second comment, to meet the minimum three day posting requirement.
For your third post:
A. you will respond to a second classmate with a substantive comment ofminimum100, maximum 150 wordsabouteither positive or negative aspectsof their organism. After you have read their main discussion.
B. Again, you should provide student original writing, paraphrasing from credible sources, cite your source for this post in text, in parentheses, and provide full end ref information in APA 7th Edition format.
C. Due by11:59PM ET Sunday,on any day of the week other than the day you posted your main discussion and first comment, to meet the minimum three day posting requirement.
HELPFUL TIPS!
Please refer to theGetting Startedarea of the classroom for information onCredible ReferencesandAPA 7th Edition formatunder course resources.
You mayneveruse Wikipedia or any other Open Source to support your college level work! All assignments using these will earn zero score.
You must paraphrase from all sources as direct quotation is not acceptable in science writing.
Please check theGetting Startedarea of the classroom for a copy of theDiscussion Grading Rubricand your instructor’sCourse Expectations.
Click onWeek1Discussion, above,to enter the Discussion.
