Core Microbiology Skills

Key points

In this series of short videos, you will learn several core microbiological skills that are used in public health, clinical, and research laboratories. Use these videos as an adjunct to training given in your laboratory.

Course length: 30 minutes

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Course length: 30 minutes

Training objectives

The skills covered are below:

  • How to make a smear
  • How to do a Gram stain
  • How to perform a wet and tube motility
  • How to perform a slide and tube catalase test
  • How to do an oxidase test

Who this training is for

The core audience for this training is public health laboratory professionals.

Training resources

  • Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS)