Additional resources

If you or your students would like to explore the topic further, these additional resources will be useful.

  1. A reading, Is Climate Change Putting World's Microbiomes at Risk? by Jim Robbins on YaleEnvironment360, that briefly describes the impact of climate change on microbial growth.

  2. A reading, The reading resources, Carbon cycle and Nitrogen cycle from the Microbiology Society, describe how microbes interact with the environment through the carbon and nitrogen cycle.

  3. A reading, Climate Change Could Impact Vital Functions of Microbes from the American Society for Microbiology and available on ScienceDaily, to learn about the impact of climate on microbes.

  4. A reading resource, Other Environmental Conditions that Affect Growth from OpenStax on LibreTexts, to learn more about the environmental factors affecting microbial growth (see modules 9.3, 9.4, and 9.5 for relevant material).

  5. Laboratory Activity : A laboratory activity, Effect of pH on Growth Rate from Prof. John Blamire and hosted on the Brooklyn College website, that will help students to analyze the effect of changing pH on microbial growth and survival.

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