Below are the standard laboratory methods that we use to study the microbiome of bean beetles.
Culturing of microbes
- Instructor’s notes on preparing media & pouring plates
- Instructor’s notes on culturing microbial communities
- Student handout on culturing microbial communities
- Video tutorial on surface sterilization of bean beetles
- Video tutorial on culturing microbial communities
Colony-based PCR
- Instructor’s notes on colony-based PCR
- Student handout on colony-based PCR
- Video tutorial on colony-based PCR
- Instructor’s notes on electrophoresis
- Video tutorial on gel electrophoresis