lab report for meningococcal

Materials and methods –

several materials, dyes, and media were used for identification purposes. List them separately. In Materials and Methods, you explain what the test is and what you use. In the results, you explain why you did this and what the results are. (For example, in M&M, you describe a Gram stain, the dyes, how the stain works, then in the results, you explain that your microbe was gram (_____) because the bacteria appeared (this color).   

Discussion – based on your observations of the results, draw your conclusions. Provide a description of your microbe. Include the following in your description:

• the FULL taxonomic name
• basics about the microbe - where does it live? what does it look like (size, shape, capsule, flagella, etc.)? reservoir? 
• basics about the infection your patient had with this microbe - how is it transmitted? progression? treatment?