VUMIE Online Activities

Table of Contents

NOTE: If an activity listed below is not present when reviewing the software, it is being developed and will become available when completed.

Section 1 – Basic Microbiology

  • Overview of Microbiology in VUMIE Online
  • Lab Safety
  • Ubiquity of Microbes
  • Scavenger Hunt – Microbes Around Us
  • Bacterial Growth and its Control
  • Scavenger Hunt – Controlling Growth
  • Colony Morphology
  • Types of Growth Media
  • Aseptic Tube-to-Tube Transfers
  • Streaking Plates in VUMIE
  • Making Bacterial Lawns
  • Scavenger Hunt – Microbial Anatomy
  • Gram Stains in VUMIE Online
  • Microscopy
  • Bacterial Shapes and Arrangements

Section 2 – Identifying Bacteria

  • Selective and Differential Media
  • Use of Indicators and Reagents
  • Scavenger Hunt – Microbial Physiology
  • Sugar Fermentation Tests
  • Amino Acid Utilization Tests
  • Video-based Tests in VUMIE Online
  • ID Strategies for Gram Negative Bacilli
  • Isolation Media for Gram Negative Bacilli
  • Triple Sugar Iron Agar (TSIA)
  • IMViC Series
  • ID Strategies for Gram Positive Cocci
  • Isolation Media for Gram Positive Cocci
  • Blood Hemolysis
  • Bile Esculin Agar

Section 3 – Bacteria and Disease

  • Concepts of Health and Disease
  • Infectious Disease and Epidemiology
  • Scavenger Hunt – Infectious Diseases
  • Pathogenicity and Virulence
  • Innate Immune Defenses
  • Adaptive Immune Defenses
  • Scavenger Hunt – Immunity
  • Cardiovascular System Infections
  • Respiratory System Infections
  • Digestive System Infections
  • Genitourinary System Infections
  • Nervous System Infections
  • Nosocomial Infections
  • Scavenger Hunt – More on Diseases

Section 4 – Additional Activities

  • Determining Most Probable Number (MPN)
  • Principles of Hand Hygiene
  • Kirby-Bauer Antibiotic Susceptibility Test
  • Antiseptics and Disinfectants Effectiveness Testing
  • Rapid ID Using Chromogenic Media
  • Rapid ID Using Biochemical Test Panels
  • The Bacterial Growth Curve
  • “Save the Patient” Unknowns in VUMIE Online
  • Turning VUMIE Online Unknowns into Research Posters
  • Starting a Fantasy Microbiology League