Category: Natural science

Diversity, Benefits and Detriments of Microbes

Microbiology is both a basic and an applied science. It is not a single subject! It has many areas of specialization, including bacteriology, mycology (study of fungi), phycology (study of algae), virology, medical microbiology & immunology, public health, food microbiology, biotechnology, microbial genetics, and cell & molecular biology. In this assignment, we will discuss some of the various disciplines associated with microbiology and the beneficial microbes associated with them.

For your main discussion post (first post),
A. You must choose from among the beneficial organisms below.
B. It is required of all students to reserve their discussion topic using the following procedure:
I. Click Week 1 Discussion, above, to enter the Discussion. 
II. Click Create Thread and type the number and scientific name of the organism you will discuss in the subject line to reserve your topic on a first come/first serve basis according to the classroom date/time stamp. Repeat main posts on the same organism are not permitted.
C. To post your main discussion you will Reply to your topic intent post.

Please choose one of the following beneficial microbes for your main discussion:
1. Acetobacter aceti
2. Alcanivorax borkumensis
3. Arthrospira platensis
4. Aspergillus niger
5. Bacillus thuringiensis
6. Bifidobacterium infantis
7. Brettanomyces bruxellensis
8. Deinococcus radiodurans
9. Dunaliella salina
10. Escherichia coli
11. Geobacter metallireducens
12. Ideonella sakaiensis
13. Lactobacillus acidophilus
14. Lactobacillus gasseri
15. Oenococcus oeni
16. Paenibacillus polymyxa
17. Penicillium camemberti
18. Penicillium chrysogenum
19. Pseudomonas putida
20. Rhizobium leguminosarum
21. Saccharomyces cerevisiae
22. Shewanella oneidensis
23. Sinorhizobium meliloti
24. Streptomyces griseus
25. Synechococcus elongatus
26. Thiomargarita namibiensis

D.  You must discuss your chosen organism to tell us what type of microbe it is, what helpful beneficial actions it performs and which subfield of microbiology it is involved in. You must discuss only the helpful, beneficial, positive aspects of your chosen organism for your entire main discussion.

E.  Your  discussion should be well-written, in your own words, paraphrasing from only credible academic sources. You may not directly quote from your sources, minimum elaboration on the topic of a minimum of 300 words and maximum of 400 words.

F.  You must also cite your credible academic reference sources with parenthetical in text citations, and provide full end ref information in APA 7th Edition format.

G.  Due by 11:59PM ET Friday, on any day of the week other than the days you post your two comments, to meet the minimum three day posting requirement.

For this assignment there are 2 parts you need to complete:

– Identify and summarize the topic of your policy memo. (atleast 135 words)
Choose a science &/or energy policy issue related to physics that interests you. The topic of your memo is very important, so do some research and think carefully about it.  You should choose a specific issue that is of interest to you, that you can understand, that you can find adequate information about, and that is actually a question with different possible answers.

– For the actual written memo (Part II), you will need to use a broader and deeper range of sources. (atleast 135 words)
You also need to determine who your audience will be. There are at least two considerations.  First, who will be interested in your topic, and who might be able to act on the recommendations that you make?  Second, do you plan to write your memo for a layperson or for someone with technical knowledge?

More instructions see the attached file below

“Write an essay (with introduction and conclusion) on the suggested topic.
Your introduction should include the thesis statement – main idea of the paper (here is more detailed explanation – https://essayshark.com/blog/how-to-write-a-thesis-statement-to-make-it-clear/). Don’t include any new information in the conclusion. It should  restate the thesis statement of the paper.
Support your ideas with relevant arguments and examples (in-text citations). List 2-3 sources in the references. Make sure you stick to a required formatting style. Get benefits of these sources citationmachine.net and easybib.com.
MLA format – https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_in_text_citations_the_basics.html”