Welcome to Bug Lady Page

My blog is designed to help you study for microbiology while you are preparing your pre-nursing education. I will post slide presentations, quizzes, crossword puzzles and other learning tools. Use the blog with any standard non-major microbiology textbook.

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Chemistry crossword puzzle

Practice chemistry concepts.

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Microscopy

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek first observed microorganisms, which he called "animalicula", in the middle of the seventeenth century. He was a draper. Microscopy was his hobby. He made his observation with a single lens microscope and was able to observe many details of the cells he observed. He is justly known as the father of microbiology. Still today, microscopy is a cornerstone of microbiology. The presentation I loaded below focuses--OK I know it is a bad pun, I could not help it-- on the workhorse of the microbiology laboratory, the bright field microscope.

The presentation reviews routine staining procedures and the common shapes of bacterial cells. For detailed staining protocols, come back next week.

All my micrographs were taken at a 1,000x final magnification under oil immersion.

Monday, July 14, 2014

Review History of Microbiology

Review the information in the first slide presentation. You can change activity mode and review the same material as flashcards.

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Macromolecules

Here is a short review of the four major types of macromolecules we will encounter in this course.

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Review of Chemistry

A quick review of chemistry before diving into microbiology.



Introduction to Microbiology