Bacterial Hanging Drop Slide Lab Manual

Greetings! I typed out this full-page user-friendly lab to help my advanced biology students experience a safe and successful hanging drop slide lab. The students’ mission is to observe the motility of a living culture of a spiral-shaped bacteria with a compound microscope following the tips embedded in my procedure. I offer a myriad of time-tested tips you won't find on any other hanging drop slide lab manual. 

You will need to order an active culture of Rhodospirillum rubrum from a science supply company. Order the bacteria in a liquid broth form in a test tube. You will also need the following lab supplies to facilitate this lab – plastic disposable coverslips, plastic disposable 1 mL transfer pipettes, a set of glass depression slides, Vaseline, toothpicks, and compound light microscopes.

This lab manual contains a completed purpose, safety precaution section, materials needed, procedure, and a series of open post-lab questions. I included a key for the post-lab questions with the answers in bold, red font.

This PDF file will become editable upon conversion to Microsoft Word using an Adobe Acrobat Reader DC app. I edited this lab with the premium version of Grammarly.

This lab complements the following microbiology activities in my store.

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I appreciate your interest. I have twenty-four years of teaching experience and twenty-two as the science department head at the time of this publication. I have published science kits, games, and books through several international science supply companies dating back to 2002. Order with confidence!