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Due the last week of classes on your lab day by 4pm.<BR>
Due the last week of classes on your lab day by 4pm.<BR>


You will write a full scientific paper on our semester-long project, '''Diversity and Abundance of Bacteria in a Soil Community'''. This research report should use experimental evidence from your work this semester to answer our experimental questions: '''"How many microbes are in our soil community? What is the phylogenetic and functional diversity of the bacteria in this soil community? How do the microbes in this soil community co-operate and compete to exploit the resources available and to fulfill the metabolic needs of the microbial community and the ecosystem?"'''.
You will write a full scientific paper on our semester-long project, '''Diversity and Abundance of Bacteria in a Soil Community'''. This research report should use experimental evidence from your work this semester to answer our experimental questions: '''"How many microbes are in our soil community? What is the phylogenetic and functional diversity of the bacteria in this soil community? How do the microbes in this soil community co-operate and compete to exploit the resources available and to fulfill the metabolic needs of the microbial community and the ecosystem?"'''.<BR><BR>
 
In your graded assignments, you have gotten feedback on several partial or draft sections of this paper. Pay close attention your instructor's comments and suggestions and seek clarification if needed. Please refer to information about writing in science style found in the Resources section of this week and in Sakai. Particularly helpful is the Structure of Science Writing Handout found in the Science Writing folder in Resources on Sakai.  A grading rubric will also be posted. Please download and refer to it BEFORE and AS you write your paper. Good luck.

Revision as of 11:08, 27 December 2010

Wellesley College-BISC 209 Microbiology -Spring 2011

Final Paper: Bacterial Diversity and Abundance in a Soil Community: Co-operation and Competition

Due the last week of classes on your lab day by 4pm.

You will write a full scientific paper on our semester-long project, Diversity and Abundance of Bacteria in a Soil Community. This research report should use experimental evidence from your work this semester to answer our experimental questions: "How many microbes are in our soil community? What is the phylogenetic and functional diversity of the bacteria in this soil community? How do the microbes in this soil community co-operate and compete to exploit the resources available and to fulfill the metabolic needs of the microbial community and the ecosystem?".

In your graded assignments, you have gotten feedback on several partial or draft sections of this paper. Pay close attention your instructor's comments and suggestions and seek clarification if needed. Please refer to information about writing in science style found in the Resources section of this week and in Sakai. Particularly helpful is the Structure of Science Writing Handout found in the Science Writing folder in Resources on Sakai. A grading rubric will also be posted. Please download and refer to it BEFORE and AS you write your paper. Good luck.