A didactic use of soil bacteria from nodules on leguminous plant roots

 

Hands-on activities enabling students to extract bacteria from nodules of leguminous plant roots, to grow them and infect roots of different leguminous plants.

This activity can be done in a multiphase project starting from the growing of soil bacteria  and free living nitrogen fixing bacteria using EIBE protocols

 

 

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Educational objectives. What will students learn?
The students will investigate the nitrogen cycle, soil bacteria, seed germination, symbiosis between plants and bacteria, molecular mechanisms of a "natural" biotechnology.

Pre-knowledge and skills required by students
The students will benefit from general knowledge about plant physiology

 

Time taken in lesson - 180 minutes or more

Preparation time - 30 minutes

Specialist equipment and materials required
Culture medium for soil bacteria.

Authors
Anna Pascucci & Angela Crimi

Nominated contact author
Anna Pascucci

Contact author’s address
COINOR, Università di Napoli
Corso Umberto I
800137 Naples
Italy

 

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