Dr. Mellies: Microbiology- Fall 2011
Schedule
| Date | Lecture | Recommended Reading |
| October 31 | Safety / Microbial Populations / Cultivation | Brock pp. 791-792 Brock Ch. 5 |
| November 3 | Biology of the Cell | Sadava Ch. 5; 7.1, 7.2 Cell Animation |
| LAB I – ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE / PERSONAL CULTURE / POPULATIONS | ||
| November 7 | Microbial Growth | Brock Ch. 6 |
| November 8 | Bacterial Anatomy | Brock Ch. 4 |
| November 10 | Bacterial Anatomy | Continued |
| LAB II - MICROBIAL GROWTH / STAINING | ||
| November 14 | Conjugation | Brock Ch. 10 |
| November 15 | Molecular Genetics | Sadava Ch. 16.2 and 16.3 |
| November 17 | Molecular Genetics | Sadava Ch. 16.1 and Brock 10.2, 10.5, 10.7, 10.8 and 10.11 |
| LAB III – CONJUGATION / COLIFORMS IN REED LAKE / ANTIBIOTIC TESTING | ||
| November 21 | NO LAB LECTURE | NO LABS |
| November 22 | Prokaryotic Horizontal Gene Transfer | Continued |
| November 24 | THANKSGIVING | |
| November 28 | Antibiotic Resistance | http://www.who.int/infectious-disease-report/2000/ |
| November 29 | Energetics | Sadava Ch. 8 |
| December 1 | Energetics | Sadava Ch. 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 |
| December 5 | Midterm Review | |
| December 6 | Third midterm exam 9:30-10:20 am |
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| December 12 | Final Exam 9am-noon VLH | |
This syllabus is posted on the Courses Server, where you will also find the lab handouts and links to supplementary articles for the Microbiology section of the course. All figures presented in lecture are also available on the Courses Server. The syllabus is subject to change.
Textbooks
The primary textbook for the material covered is Life: The Science of Biology, Ninth Edition, by Sadava, Hillis, Heller and Berenbaum (2011). I will also refer you to the eleventh edition of Brock Biology of Microorganisms by Madigan, Martinko and Parker (2006). Copies of this textbookare on reserve in the library. For an introduction to Microbiology, please consult Brock Ch. 1. Notice that the readings listed above are recommended, not required. The readings will be useful in strengthening your knowledge in the subjects covered. Use the table of contents of both texts to expand your understanding!
Articles
Ferber, D. (2000) Antibiotic Resistance: Superbugs on the Hoof? Science 288: 792-794 at
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/288/5467/792
Taubes, G. (2008) The Bacteria Fight Back Science 321: 356-361 at
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/sci;321/5887/356
Additional Information
Biosafety
http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/biosfty/bmbl4/bmbl4toc.htm
Antibiotic Resistance
http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua
José L. Martínez (2008) Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Natural Environments Science 321: 365 – 367. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/321/5887/365
Restricting Antimicrobial Use in Food Animals: Lessons from Europe
http://www.microbemagazine.org/index.php/06-2011-home/3458-restricting-antimicrobial-use-in-food-animals-lessons-from-europe
Sommer et al. (2011) Functional Characterization of the Antibiotic Resistance Reservoir in the Human Microflora Science 325: 1128-1131.
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/325/5944/1128.full