Let's Talk Micro Luis Plaza

Originally released as episode 75, in this episode Luis talks about Bacillus and related genera. What are the species that are part of this genus? Which species cause food poisoning? What about endophthalmitis? What are spores? Tune in to find out.
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In this episode Luis continues going over Corynebacterium. In the last episode he mentioned some media that is used to isolate Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Have you heard of cystine tellurite agar? How about Tinsdale agar? What type of testing is there for the diphtheria toxin?What test systems can identify C. diphtheriae? Tune in to learn more about this organism and how this media works.
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Back to the gram-positive rods! This week Luis goes back to gram-positive rods: Corynebacterium this time. The episode starts with an overview: gram stain, biochemicals, morphology, and species. What do you know about Corynebacterium diphtheriae? Does it always cause diphtheria? What is a pseudomembrane? Tune in and download this episode to learn about this genus that has some species commonly seen in the laboratory.

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What is antimicrobial stewardship ? What is a hospital antibiogram? In this episode Dr. Timothy Gauthier joins the podcast and talks to Luis about antimicrobial stewardship. Dr. Gauthier is a pharmacist and creator of the IDstewardship.com and Learnantibiotics.com websites. He is also the author of a book titled Learn Antibiotics. Luis asks him about what antibiotics are used to treat certain organisms. Don't miss this great episode.
Timothy Gauthier's information:
X: @IDstwerdship
Websites:
IDstewardship.com
Learnantibiotics.com
Book available on Amazon: https://a.co/d/9ikuZ10
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What is the Doctor in Public Health (DrPH) degree? What kind of work does it prepare you to do? What concentrations does this degree has? In this episode Luis talks to Dr. Jill Roberts, an associate professor at the University of South Florida (USF). Dr. Roberts is the director of the DrPH with a concentration in Public Health and Clinical Laboratory Science and Practice degree program at USF. What are the prerequisites for this degree? What are the career options? Are you able to pursue this degree if you have a background in Clinical Laboratory ? Tune in to find out.
Link to USF's DrPH in Public Health and Clinical Laboratory Science and practice:
https://health.usf.edu/publichealth/apply/doctoral/drph-phclsp
Dr. Robert's contact info: jcrobert@usf.edu
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Microbiology in high school ? Must people take biology in high school, but microbiology is not typically an option. Those of you that are microbiology lovers, would you have taken it had there been an option? Well, check out this episode where Meredith Townsend, a high school teacher joins the podcast to talk to Luis about teaching microbiology to her students. She talks about the curriculum, grading, how does it help the students, and more.
Want to reach out to Meredith Townsend? See below:
mertownsend34@gmail.com --- contact me and we can get you in the Google Group!
https://mertownsend34.wixsite.com/mrstownsendteaches --- here is my teaching blog!
https://a.co/d/4Q3X3VK --- ABC's of Microbiology: A coloring book for future science nerds
@Mer_Townsend - X username
mrs_townsend_teaches --- Instagram

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