Book of Microbes

1. Table of Content

2. Biosafety (What are biosafety levels? Make a table of all the organisms and their biosafety levels)

3. Organism

a. Staphylococcus aureus

b. Salmonella enterica

c. Escherichia coli

d. Pseudomonas aeruginosa

e. Enterobacter aerogenes

f.  Enterococcus faecalis

g. Bacillus cereus

h. Bacillus subtilis

i. Serratiamarcesans

j. Micrococcus luteus

k. Proteus vulgaris

l. Alcaligenesfaecali

m. Neisseria subflava

n. Mycobacterium smegmatis

4. Information

a. Image of organism

b. Background information

c. Gram (+) or Gram (-)

d. Biochemical assay results (What is the purpose of each assay? What would the results be for each organisms?)

i. Lactose metabolism assay (Phenol red lactose)

ii. Simmon citrate assay

iii. Lipid hydrolysis assay

iv. Starch hydrolysis assay

v. Casein hydrolysis assay

vi. Catalase activity assay