BL3210 - MICROBIOLOGY
Fall Quarter, 2000
Course Outline (Revised 12/1/00)
1
8/28
Introduction/ Background
1: 1-9
2
8/30
Microbial Diversity and Cell Types
3: 1-4;17
3
9/1
Prokaryotic Structure and Function
3: 5-6
(Membranes)
4
9/4
No Class - Labor Day
5
9/6
Prokaryotic Structure and Function
3: 7-10
(Motility) (Chemotaxis)
6
9/8
Prokaryotic Structure and Function
3: 11-15
7
9/11
Review of Eucaryotic Structure and Function
3: 16-17
17: 1
8
9/13
Microbial Nutrition
4: 1-3
15: 1
9
9/15
Microbial Metabolism - General Principles
4: 4-8
10
9/18
Fermentation
4: 9
15: 21
11
9/20
Fermentation and Respiration (General)
4: 10-13
(Chemoorganotrophic
Respiration)
15: 22
12
9/22
Non-Mitochondrial Respiration
4: 14
15: 15-20
13
9/25
Non-Mitochondrial Respiration
15: 9-14
14
9/27
An Overview of Microbial Photosynthesis
4: 14
15: 2-6
15
9/29
Microbial Growth
5: 1-3
16
10/2
Microbial Growth and Measurement
5: 4-5
11: 2
10/3
Lecture Exam I (covering material from 8/28 -10/2); 6 PM, Dow ESE 641
17
10/4
Environmental Effects on Growth
5: 6-9
(Life at High Temperatures)
(Thermophile
Types)
15:27
18
10/6
No Class (due to evening exam on 10/3)
19
10/9
Environmental Effects on Growth
5: 10,11
(Halophiles)
16: 11
20
10/11
Environmental Effects on Growth
5: 12
(Extreme Environments)
21
10/13
Regulation of Growth and Metabolism
7: 1,7
(Allosteric Proteins)
22
10/16
Regulation of Growth and Metabolism
7: 2
23
10/18
Regulation of Growth and Metabolism
7: 6
(Regulation
of Chemotaxis)
24
10/20
Microbial Phylogeny and Taxonomy
12: 1-4,7
(Endosymbiosis)
25
10/23
Phylogenetic and Taxonomic Techniques
12: 5-6,8-10
26
10/25
Survey of Major Groups of Bacteria
13: 8,11-16
(The E. coli
Index)
27
10/27
Survey of Major Groups of Bacteria
13: 20-23,26,30
(Cyanobacteria)
28
10/30
Survey of Major Groups of Archaea
14: 1-12
29
11/1
Microbial Eukaryotic Phylogeny and Taxonomy
17: 2-4
(Systematics
Overview) (Protozoa)
(Malaria)
30
11/3
Survey of Major Groups of Microbial Eukaryotes
17: 5-6
31
11/6
Viral Structure
and Replication
8: 1-6
(Virology
Tutorial)
11/7
Lecture Exam II (covering material from 10/4 - 11/6); 6 PM, Dow ESE 641
32
11/8
Bacteriophage Classification and Replication
8: 7,12
33
11/10
Animal Virus Classification and Replication
8: 14,22
(Herpes
Virus Replication) (Picornaviruses)
34
11/13
Retroviruses, Viroids, and Prions
8: 22-23
(Oncogenic Viruses)
(HIV)
(HIV Replication)
23: 7
35
11/15
Microbes in Nature
16: 1-8
(Acid
Mine Drainage) (Biogeochemical
Cycles)
36
11/17
Microbial Relationships
19: 1
(Lichens)
(Symbiosis
and Parasitism)
37
11/27
Biofilms
16: 2
(more
on Biofilms) (even
more on Biofilms)
38
11/29
No Class (due to evening exam on 11/7)
39
12/1
Microbe - Human Interactions
19: 2-4,6-12
(Normal
Flora ) (Various
Pathogens) (Influenza)
(West Nile
Virus)
40
12/4
Aquatic Microbiology
16: 10-12
(Deep Sea Microbes)
(Harmful Algae)
41
12/6
Soil Microbiology
16: 9
42
12/8
Microbial Control
18: 1-3
(Irradiation)
43
12/11
Microbial Control
18: 4-7
(Food Safety) (Food
Spoilage)
44
12/13
Microbial Control
18: 8-13
(Antibiotic
Resistance) (HIV/Hepatitis
Control)
45
12/15
Viral Model Competition
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