TABLE 1.

Example papers for each unit with review form prompts and related specific questions

Unit	Sample paper	Paper review from generic prompts (across all articles)	Paper-specific question
Microbial Cell Structure and Function	Caselli, E., et al. (2018). Characterization of biodegradation in a 17th century easel painting and potential for a biological approach. PLoS ONE 13(12): e0207630, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207630	Why did you choose this paper? Identify specific aspects of the paper that you were able to understand because of participating in class that you might not have been able to before taking this course. What were the major findings described in this paper? What questions do you have for the authors?	Discuss the difference of importance in cell structure in microorganism identification between bacteria and fungi.
Microbial Diversity	Amorós, I., et al. (2016). Prevalence of Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts in raw and treated sewage sludges. Environ Technol 37(22): 2898–2904, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09593330.2016.1168486		Do you feel this paper presented a strong argument for composing sewage sludge? Why or why not?
Microbial Metabolism	Rutowski, J., et al. (2019). Metabolic shift of Staphylococcus aureus under sublethal dose of methicillin in the presence of glucose. J Pharm Biomed Anal 167: 140-148, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpba.2019.02.010		Multidrug resistance is a huge concern for many disease-causing bacteria (e.g., Staphylococcus aureus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae). Do you think research efforts should be focused on new drug development or novel approaches with existing drugs like this paper presents? Explain your stance.
Microbial Genetics	Li, D., et al. (2017). Controlling microbial PHB synthesis via CRISPRi. Appl Micriobiol Beiotechnol 101: 5861-5867, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-017-8374-6		CRISPR has been in the news a lot lately. Identify another way in which you have heard of CRISPR being utilized.