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information, read the laboratory safety section of the ASM Curriculum
Recommendations: Introductory Course in Microbiology and
the Guidelines for Biosafety in Teaching Laboratories.
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REVIEWERS
This resource was peer-reviewed at the ASM Conference for
Undergraduate Educators 2009.
Participating reviewers:
Farah Bennani
Front Range Community College, Westminister, CO
Louise A. Brown
Front Range Community College, Westminister, CO
Rebecca Buxton
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Laura Cathcart
University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD
Michel J. Cloutier
St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO