BIO203A

Textbook

Your course materials can be accessed through the 'DART eBook' link under Getting Started.

Read:

• Section 3: Redefining “Growth” and “Culture,” about how bacteria grow and how to estimate their numbers via serial dilutions
• Section 5: Solid Versus Liquid Cultures, about colony morphology

Videos

This video shows how to describe colonies growing on Petri plates.

Smears

Simple Staining

Gram Staining