Straighterline Microbiology Lab BIO250L Lab 5 Eukaryotic Microbes, Parasitology, & Viruses Worksheet (New Version Updated)2024

Straighterline Microbiology Lab BIO250L Lab 5 Eukaryotic Microbes, Parasitology, & Viruses Worksheet (New Version Updated)2024 Pre-Lab Questions • What is a model organism, and why is Saccharomyces cerevisiae so often used as one? A model organism is an organism that is used in research frequently because it can help us to understand biological processes in a wider set of organisms. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is so often used as one because it is relatively easy to manipulate its genome and it is closely related to higher eukaryotes. Buser reports on additional advantages of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, "for electron microscopy, the good freezing properties and the small size of yeast cells make it a nearly ideal specimen for the development of cryopreparation techniques" (2010).