Homework: Microbial Journal Review Article
In this homework, students will review a microbial journal article.
Choose one article from a primary scientific literature source that uses a microbe as a model organism/system and write a comprehensive summary of the study that answers the following questions:
Choose one article from a primary scientific literature source that uses a microbe as a model organism/system.
Write a summary of the study that includes:
o Why did the scientists perform the study (i.e., description of background)?
o What was the hypothesis (or hypotheses) under investigation?
o What were the major results and did they support or negate the hypothesis? Which key techniques were used to achieve these results?
o Why are the results significant and do they point to further/future studies? In other words, why does this article matter and what should or could be done next?
o Why did you choose this particular article to review? Was it interesting, informative, clearly written, or none of the above?
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.