MY PATHOGEN IS: ESCHERICHIA COLI’S (E. COLI)
REQUIRED RESOURCES
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook: Chapters 1-7, 9-16, and 19-24
- Minimum of 2 scholarly sources
- Use the Library Guides to find your scholarly sources.
INSTRUCTIONS
The goal for this project is to:
- Discover real-life applications of microbiology.
- Apply the knowledge you have learned in this course to a pathogen of your choice.
For this assignment, you will first summarize an article (not a review) published in the past three years about a pathogen of your choice. The article may be scholarly or written for the public and should focus on new information about your pathogen. It should not be a review article.
In the second part of your essay, you will apply the knowledge you have learned in this course to the characteristics of your pathogen and the disease it causes. Additionally, you will describe the modes of pathogen transmission, disease prevention strategies, and epidemiology of the disease caused by your pathogen.
WRITING REQUIREMENTS (APA FORMAT)
- Length: 3 pages (not including title page or references page)
- 1-inch margin
- Double spaced
- 12-point Times New Roman font
- Title page
- References page (minimum of 2 scholarly sources (one being the one listed below))
- Cowan, M. K., & Smith, H. R. (2024). Microbiology: A systems approach (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill.
