Lab Manual

Title of the course: Lab Manual of Agricultural Microbiology

• Code of course：03161
• Major ：Biotechnology
• Total hours：54 hours, 36 hours of lectures and 18 hours of lab
• Total grade：2.5
• Number of lab：（Testing labs   4；Comprehensive and designing labs  2 ）

The brief introduction

• Microbiology experiment is quite important. Students are expected to master the relative theoretical knowledge and integrete the theory and practice in experiments. Moreover, students should also have a deep perceptual recognition by observing, measuring the microbes, preparing culture medium and culturing microbe. Meanwhile, they are expected to understand the basic skills which are used in the manipulating of microbes.

Objective

• Objectives------In this course students should master the basic skills in microbe laboratory, including the usage and principles of common instruments. Moreover, they should have the capacity of primarily dealing with problems.

Textbook and reference book

• Agriculture Microbe Experiment Introduction  XiaoYuzhen  editor in chief  North East Agricultural University  1992
• Microbe Experiment        ShenPing  editor in chief  Higher Education Press  1999
• Microbe Experiment        QianCunrou editor in chief  Peking University Press  1985
• Microbe Experiment        FanXiurong  editor in chief  Higher Education Press  1989
• Microbe Experiment        Manual  ZhouDeqing  editor in chief  Shanghai Scientific and Technical Press   1986

Assessment

• The score of the lab depends on students’atendance, the capacity of self-operation, the behaviour of laboratory practice, the capacity of dealing with practical difficulties, the capacity of analyzing experiment results and the experiment reports.