The Search for Violacein-Producing Microbes to Combat <italic toggle="yes">Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</italic>: A Collaborative Research Project between Secondary School and College Research Students

In this citizen science–aided, college laboratory–based microbiology research project, secondary school students collaborate with college research students on an investigation centered around bacterial species in the local watershed. This study specifically investigated the prevalence of violacein-p...

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Autores principales:	Larra Agate, Deborah Beam, Collen Bucci, Yegor Dukashin, Raneem Jo’Beh, Kelsey O’Brien, Brooke A. Jude
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Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology 2016
Materias:	Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4097a7ad9ca847ac8f5f6180211a52792021-11-15T15:16:53ZThe Search for Violacein-Producing Microbes to Combat <italic toggle="yes">Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</italic>: A Collaborative Research Project between Secondary School and College Research Students10.1128/jmbe.v17i1.10021935-78851935-7877https://doaj.org/article/4097a7ad9ca847ac8f5f6180211a52792016-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.v17i1.1002https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7877https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7885In this citizen science–aided, college laboratory–based microbiology research project, secondary school students collaborate with college research students on an investigation centered around bacterial species in the local watershed. This study specifically investigated the prevalence of violacein-producing bacterial isolates, as violacein has been demonstrated as a potential bioremediation treatment for outbreaks of the worldwide invasive chytrid, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). The impact of this invasion has been linked to widespread amphibian decline, and tracking of the spread of Bd is currently ongoing. Secondary school students participated in this research project by sterilely collecting water samples from a local watershed, documenting the samples, and completing the initial sample plating in a BSL1 environment. In the second phase of this project, trained college students working in courses and as research assistants in the academic year and summer term in a BSL2 laboratory facility were able to use physiological, biochemical, and molecular techniques to further identify individual isolates as well as characterize their properties. Collaboration between these learning spaces provides an increased interest in the community for environmentally relevant research projects and allows for an expansion of the research team to increase study robustness. Journal of Microbiology & Biology EducationLarra AgateDeborah BeamCollen BucciYegor DukashinRaneem Jo’BehKelsey O’BrienBrooke A. JudeAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 70-73 (2016)
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spellingShingle	Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Larra Agate Deborah Beam Collen Bucci Yegor Dukashin Raneem Jo’Beh Kelsey O’Brien Brooke A. Jude The Search for Violacein-Producing Microbes to Combat <italic toggle="yes">Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</italic>: A Collaborative Research Project between Secondary School and College Research Students
description	In this citizen science–aided, college laboratory–based microbiology research project, secondary school students collaborate with college research students on an investigation centered around bacterial species in the local watershed. This study specifically investigated the prevalence of violacein-producing bacterial isolates, as violacein has been demonstrated as a potential bioremediation treatment for outbreaks of the worldwide invasive chytrid, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). The impact of this invasion has been linked to widespread amphibian decline, and tracking of the spread of Bd is currently ongoing. Secondary school students participated in this research project by sterilely collecting water samples from a local watershed, documenting the samples, and completing the initial sample plating in a BSL1 environment. In the second phase of this project, trained college students working in courses and as research assistants in the academic year and summer term in a BSL2 laboratory facility were able to use physiological, biochemical, and molecular techniques to further identify individual isolates as well as characterize their properties. Collaboration between these learning spaces provides an increased interest in the community for environmentally relevant research projects and allows for an expansion of the research team to increase study robustness. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
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author	Larra Agate Deborah Beam Collen Bucci Yegor Dukashin Raneem Jo’Beh Kelsey O’Brien Brooke A. Jude
author_facet	Larra Agate Deborah Beam Collen Bucci Yegor Dukashin Raneem Jo’Beh Kelsey O’Brien Brooke A. Jude
author_sort	Larra Agate
title	The Search for Violacein-Producing Microbes to Combat <italic toggle="yes">Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</italic>: A Collaborative Research Project between Secondary School and College Research Students
title_short	The Search for Violacein-Producing Microbes to Combat <italic toggle="yes">Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</italic>: A Collaborative Research Project between Secondary School and College Research Students
title_full	The Search for Violacein-Producing Microbes to Combat <italic toggle="yes">Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</italic>: A Collaborative Research Project between Secondary School and College Research Students
title_fullStr	The Search for Violacein-Producing Microbes to Combat <italic toggle="yes">Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</italic>: A Collaborative Research Project between Secondary School and College Research Students
title_full_unstemmed	The Search for Violacein-Producing Microbes to Combat <italic toggle="yes">Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</italic>: A Collaborative Research Project between Secondary School and College Research Students
title_sort	search for violacein-producing microbes to combat <italic toggle="yes">batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</italic>: a collaborative research project between secondary school and college research students
publisher	American Society for Microbiology
publishDate	2016
url	https://doaj.org/article/4097a7ad9ca847ac8f5f6180211a5279
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