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Microbiology for schoolYou MUST NOTswab the environment for bacteria or test antibiotic resistance...so what CAN you do?
Why not pull up some clover, wash the roots, and extract the bacteria that live there? or just do a survey of clover growth in relation to the number of root nodules present?
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Growing bacteria on culture media...SAFELY...
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format Build a microscope - see a whole new world! Add a camera to the eye piece... take photos from your microscope Look at these amazing electron microscope photos - the UGLIEST creature on the website is here Isolate
nitrogen fixing bacteria from clover roots:. Rhizobium
extraction Phylogenetics
and taxonomy
- visit the National
Center for
Biotechnology Information
First place
scientific journalism winner - Do
the
Benefits of Science Outweigh the Risks? Designing experiments /
fair testing
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Equipment / Techniques
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Build a microscope - see a whole new world! Add a camera to the eye piece... take photos from your microscope Look at these amazing electron microscope photos - the UGLIEST creature on the website is here Isolate
nitrogen fixing bacteria from clover roots:. Rhizobium
extraction Phylogenetics
and taxonomy
- visit the National
Center for
Biotechnology Information
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Caulobacter research
Early work on horizontal gene tranfer...do these microbes play a role in the tranmission of antibiotic resistance genes of medical importance? |
The role of Caulobacter in the spread of antibiotic resistance genes The Isolation and Characterisation of Caulobacter species from Manawatu Water Systems (M.Sc thesis) The Isolation and Characterisation of New Zealand Caulobacter Species. M. FENTON, C.D. FENTON* AND K. STEWART. (presented at the 1999 New Zealand Microbiological Society conference at Otago University, November 23rd - 26th). |
Rhizobium research
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The role of Rhizobium species in nitrogen fixation and New Zealand pastures Isolate
nitrogen fixing bacteria from clover roots:. Rhizobium
extraction The Expression in Soil Bacreria of Symbiotic Genes from Rhizobium Leguminosarum biovar trifolii (M.Sc thesis) This research looking at horizontal gene transfer was controversial at the time...Rhizobium species can inadvertantly create competitors that colonise their host but are ineffective at fixing atmospheric nitrogen |
Conference 2010
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New
Zealand Microbiological
Society conference, University of Auckland, 2010
Learn about safe school microbiology experiments and take home learning resources. |
School students as young
scientists: 
The New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) has assisted with NRG students attending conferences in 1999 and 2001. Members of the NZMS have also encouraged our students to take part in new projects and have offered advice and guidance.
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Year 9 (Form Three) & Year 12 (Form Six) students present a research poster at the 2001 NZMS conference in Wellington. Most teachers reported being confident in teaching microbiology ... yet most reported that they DID NOT meet the guidelines for safe handling and disposal of micro-organisms. |
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At the same conference, a presentation on the teaching of Microbiology in Secondary schools in New Zealand from a students perspective.
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Kelly Stewart uses a light microscope to study Caulobacter in North Island water supplies. The Isolation and Characterisation of New Zealand Caulobacter Species.
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