2024 ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators

As one of the points of emphasis in the ASM Curriculum Guidelines, introducing skills in molecular biology has not only become relevant but necessary. This proposal provides a simple but easy to use hands on means to introduce PCR into a well established bacteriological exercise to identify bacterial unknowns. The sue of two instruments from MiniOne, their PCR system and electrophoresis apparatus, not only simplifies the entire process but can be conducted within the time limit of a laboratory exercise.