This laboratory course, which is designed for microbiology or life sciences majors, provides an overview of the procedures used for isolation, characterization, and identification of microbes. This laboratory course is intended to provide students with a broad background in microbiology laboratory practice and theory. Students will learn fundamentals of light microscopy, bacterial culture techniques, and methods to isolate and identify microorganisms. Graded on A-F basis only. Prerequisites or Corequisites: V_PBIO 2010 or equivalent.