User talk:John J. Dennehy

Student microbe list?

I cannot get an image of an E. coli bacillus filling out the College Boards with a very small #2 pencil in each flagellum. Howard C. Berkowitz 22:54, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Example microbe

Hi John, I took the liberty to adapt the formatting a bit, to facilitate maintenance of these articles here at CZ. I filled the {{EZnotice}} fields with placeholders, please replace these with the correct information. If you have questions or need assistance with the formatting of the course pages, please let me know. Cheers, --Daniel Mietchen 15:22, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Please take a look at this forum thread and comment. Thanks! --Daniel Mietchen 12:05, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Please also take a look at Special:WhatLinksHere/CZ:Biol_201:_General_Microbiology/EZnotice (e.g. Naegleria fowleri) and revert or modify this edit once you're done. --Daniel Mietchen 14:56, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

FYI

I made this change to reflect the new account that she now uses. D. Matt Innis 19:30, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks you've been a great help!John J. Dennehy 22:02, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

What is a micriobe?

Hi John, good to see you trying this out on the class again. I'd be interested to know the feed back you are getting from the students. As an aside, what is the definition you use for a microbe? I notice that a few of your students are choosing mushrooms and one even has C. elegans. Is that pushing the threshold on the size side, or is that within the current usage? Chris Day 19:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

OK, I answered my own question. http://www.microbeworld.org/know/largest.aspx They're bigger than I thought. Chris Day 19:42, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi Chris, I will probably create a page asking students to write a bit about their experience. It would be great to get some first hand feedback. As far as what is a microbe, definitions are often hard to pin down in biology. Biological systems often fall along continuums rather than discrete black/white categories. The classic definition is single-celled organisms not visible to the naked eye, but as you can see what that entails is quite expansive. I'm keeping a rather broad perspective, and fungi and C. elegans are acceptable. John J. Dennehy 22:01, 18 March 2009 (UTC)