Herbarium Specimen Procedures

• Handling and Storage of Specimens 

• Personal Safety

• Preparation of Specimens

• Tissue Collection Procedures

Lab Safety Skills

Microscopy

• Preparation of specimens for observations 

• Standard Viewing on Compound and Dissecting Microscopes

Proficient in Field Identification and Dichotomous Keying 

16S rRNA Sequencing

Aseptic Technique

ELISA

Experience with Media

• Casein Agar

• Columbia CNA with 5% Sheep's Blood agar

• DNase Test Agar

• Eosin Methylene Blue Agar

• Gelatin Agar

• Glycerol Yeast Extract Agar with Cycloheximide

• MacConkey Agar

• Mannitol Salt Agar 

• m-Endo Agar

• Mitis Salvarius Agar

• Mueller Hinton Agar

• Pseudocel Agar

• Sabouraud's Dextrose Agar 

• Starch Agar

• Tributyrin Agar

• Triple Sugar Iron Agar

• Tryptic Soy Broth Agar 

• Urea Agar

• Violet Red Bile Glucose Agar

• Wilkins-Chalgren Agar

Experience with Stains 

• Gram Stain: Crystal Violet and Safranin

• Capsule Stain

• Acid Fast Stain

• Endospore Stain

Growth Curve Experiments 

Lab Safety Procedures

Microscopy

• Preparation of specimens for observations 

• Standard Viewing and Oil Immersion 

• Measurement via Ocular Micrometer and Hemocytometer

Misc. Tests

• Catalase Test

• Coagulase Test

• Cytochrome Oxidase Test

• Durham Tubes

• IMViC Series 

• Nitrate Reductase Test 

Pipetting