Why identification of unknown microbes is important? 3) Present materials and methods (procedures) in a clear and logic manner, describe and discuss the chemistry of each test in detail. 3) Table of results. Your table should include following columns. i) Name of the test ii) Medium used iii) (Your) Results (e.g., Positive, negative, beta hemolytic, sensitive, resistant etc., don’t write yellow color, jelly etc.) iv) Significance of results (In this column write down only the names of microorganism from your unknown list that give the same results like your results; your unknown microbe will be among them) 4) Discussion of Results Discuss in a systematic way to explain how you concluded that you had that particular microorganism. Start your discussion with the list of unknown microorganism. Discuss all of your results starting from Gram Staining. If you had any abnormal results, discuss those circumstances that may have resulted in such results. Do not discuss procedural details here. 5) Significance of your particular (unknown) microbe. Write down the basic characteristics of that particular microbe. Discuss whether that microbe is pathogenic (discuss diseases caused by that microbe), opportunist (discuss diseases caused by that microbe in any special circumstance), or spoilage microbe. This page should be in your own words (copy paste info is not acceptable) Full page information is required regarding significance of your unknown bacteria. 6) References Report should be typed with font 12, Times Roman, and single spaced 1) Names of the microorganisms should always be Italicized or underlined 2) Write the complete scientific name for the first time and then you can abbreviate the genus name. Never abbreviate the specific epithet. 3) Identification of unknown will not guarantee full marks assigned to this part as half of the marks are assigned for a proper report
