The Bean Beetle Microbiome Project: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience in Microbiology

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Title: The Bean Beetle Microbiome Project: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience in Microbiology
Author: Zelaya, Anna J.
Gerardo, Nicole M.
Blumer, Lawrence S.
Beck, Christopher W.
Date: 2020
Publication Date: 2020
Decade: 2020-2029
Abstract: Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are an effective means of transforming the learning and teaching of science by involving students in the scientific process. The potential importance of the microbiome in shaping both environmental health and disease makes investigations of microbiomes an excellent teaching tool for undergraduate microbiology. Here, we present a CURE based on the microbiome of the bean beetle (Callosobruchus maculatus), a model system for undergraduate laboratory education.�
Document Type: text
Format: application/pdf
Medium: articles
Collection: Morehouse College Faculty Publications
Institution: Morehouse College
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.577621
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/mc.ir.fac.pub:2020_zelaya_anna_j
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