Identification of Unknown Bacteria: Help save baby Kuppelfangs from an epidemic!

In the Identification of Unknown Bacteria Simulation, you are on the planet Astakos IV where a population of baby Kuppelfangs has been struck by infectious disease. Your goal is to identify the pathogenic bacteria so that the baby Kuppelfangs can be treated. If you are successful you can stop the epidemic and save the Kuppelfangs from potential extinction.

• Differential staining

  • Bacterial outer cell structure

  • Bacterial intracellular components

  • Differential stains

• Bacterial culturing

  • Aseptic technique

  • Plate streaking

  • Culture media

    • Clinical microbiology culture media

    • Differential and selective media

• Bacterial metabolism

  • Biochemical tests

  • Immuno-assays, mass-spectrometry and nucleic acid-based assays

  • Immuno-assays

    • Enzyme immuno-assays

  • Mass-spectrometry

    • MALDI-TOF mass-spectrometry

  • Nucleic acid-based assays

    • Nucleic acid hybridization

    • Quantitative and Reverse Transcription PCR

    • Sequencing

• Host-microbe interactions

  • Human microbiome

  • Infectious disease