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Lab 5 Eukaryotic Microbes, Parasitology, & Viruses
BIO250L ”
Student Name: Nelli Vardanesyan
Access Code (located on the underside of the lid of your lab kit): AC-TKCHSQ9
“ Pre-Lab Questions ”
1. What is a model organism, and why is Saccharomyces cerevisiae so often used as one?
2. Research and discuss the properties of mold that make them sometimes beneficial to
humans, and sometimes potentially harmful.
3. Parasitic helminths are a major cause of disease in undeveloped countries around the
world. Discuss the role that microbiologists can and have played in helping to reduce