(1-7) ILM Virtual Laboratory Microbiology
(1) Complete Undergraduate Microbiology Curriculum
(2) Microbiology Procedures
(3) Images & Videos of Microbes
(4) ILM Quick Quizzes & Best Practice Quick Quizzes
(5) ILM Question Banks
(6) ILM Scenic Microbiology
(7) ILM Search
ILM acknowledges ASM support. Indeed, the title Interactive Laboratory Microbiology was proposed by the American Society of Microbiology.
Interactive Laboratory Microbiology (ILM) ...
Interactive Laboratory Microbiology (ILM) is an interactive, multimedia presentation of Basic, Applied & Health Sciences Microbiology.
ILM includes complete & abridged versions: Basic, Applied & Health Sciences, Basic & Applied Sciences, & Health Sciences.
ILM is pleased to present its complete & abridged versions as ideal solutions for virtual laboratory microbiology at the ASMCUE (American Society of Microbiology Conference on Undergraduate Education), July 8th, 2020.
ILM was designed to better prepare new laboratory instructors & students for their own laboratory microbiology experience. ILM is also a good choice for virtual laboratory microbiology. In fact, ILM can provide a complete introductory & intermediate undergraduate laboratory microbiology experience without students ever entering a microbiology laboratory.
(1–7) There are 7 unique components of ILM virtual laboratory microbiology:
(1) ILM covers the complete undergraduate microbiology curriculum:
II Staining Techniques (11)
III Microscopy (9)
IV Eukaryote Microbes (7)
V Microbial Physiology (8)
VII Bacterial Genetics (7)
VIII Microbial Ecology (7)
IX Food & Water Microbiology (5)
X Clinical Microbiology (25)
* Numbers indicate individual studies within each discipline.
(2) ILM demonstrates microbiology procedures with 295 techniques animations, 380 techniques videos & 575 best practice animations for Biosafety Level 1 (BSL1) & Biosafety Level 2 (BSL2).
(3) ILM integrates the American Society of Microbiology Best Practices for BSL1 and BSL2 into each microbiology procedure of the undergraduate microbiology curriculum.
(4) ILM includes thousands of illustrations, with 1780 images of microbes & 65 videos of microbe motility, and shows students how to interpret observations of microbes.
(5) ILM's 100 Quick Quizzes & 84 Best Practice Quick Quizzes allow students to confirm their knowledge of microbiology techniques, understanding of best practice, interpretation of microbial observations, & appreciation for microbiology.
ILM includes 470 Question Banks with 1000 images & 85 videos for students to evaluate & gain further experience in the analysis of microbial observations.
(6) ILM Scenic Microbiology makes microbiology even more interesting: ILM revisits places of historical significance, investigates microbes in their own environments, follows Charles Darwin’s voyage around South America and emphasizes his microbiological observations. ILM explores broader & deeper perspectives.
(7) ILM Search allows instructors & students to search the whole ILM database of 97 studies & ~600 videos to correlate microbiology procedures, characteristics of microbes, & understanding of microbiology from every subdiscipline.
See Video (10) which shows how to use ILM Search to search for instances of the keyword motility in the whole ILM database, occurrence of E. coli in Clinical Microbiology, & explorations & observations of Charles Darwin.