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Interactive Laboratory Microbiology (ILM)
ILM Complete Version, ILM Abridged Versions
ILM Multimedia
ILM Interactions

Interactive Laboratory Microbiology (ILM)

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● Interactive Laboratory Microbiology (ILM) is an interactive, multimedia presentation of introductory & intermediate laboratory microbiology. ILM is presented in the Adobe Acrobat pdf format that allows filed to be read on a PC or MAC hard drive, USB, or intranet through Moodle or Microsoft TEAMS.

● ILM Basic, Applied & Health Sciences includes (I–X) 10 Sections with 97 Studies covering 2–3 semesters of undergraduate laboratory microbiology. There are two ILM Abridged Versions: ILM Basic & Applied Sciences (I–IX) & ILM Health Sciences (I–III, V–VII, IX–X). ILM is also available as the 10 individual Subdisciplines.

ILM Multimedia

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❍ 2000 interactive pdf pages

❍ 3375 original illustrations including 1780 images of microbes

✲ 300 techniques animations

✱ 380 techniques videos

✓ 570 best practice animations

✟ 65 microbe motility videos

❍ 100 ILM Quick Quizzes reviewing techniques, observations & understanding

❍ 84 ILM Quick Quizzes reviewing best practice in microbiology

❍ 455 Question Banks with 1450 images & 90 videos of microbes to investigate

❖ 250 episodes of “scenic microbiology” with 1000 illustrations & 85 videos

ILM Interactions

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● Play (1) ILM Navigation & learn how to adjust magnifications & views of individual PDF pages & images of microbes
● Play (7) Microbiology Procedures to appreciate the step-by-step techniques animations, best practice animations, & techniques videos
● Play (9) Motility of Microbes & (14), (15) Scenic Microbiology
● Interact with (10) ILM Search
● Challenge (11) ILM Quick Quizzes & (12), (13) ILM Question Banks

Locate these (1)-(15) instructional videos on the Welcome from the Author page. Enjoy the experience!