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Dr. Mellies: Microbiology- Fall 2008

Schedule

	Lecture	Reading*
Nov 4 T	Lecture 1. Safety / Microbial Populations /Cultivation	Brock Ch. 5; htttp://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/
Nov 6 Th	Lecture 2. Biology of the Cell	Sadava Chs. 4 and 5
LAB I – Aseptic Technique / Personal Culture / Populations
Nov 10 M	Lecture 3. Microbial Growth
Nov 11 T	Lecture 4. Bacterial Anatomy	Brock Ch. 4
Nov 13 Th	Lecture 5. Bacterial Anatomy	Continued
LAB II - Microbial Growth / Staining		Brock Ch. 6
Nov 17 M	Lecture 6. Conjugation
Nov 18 T	Lecture 7. Molecular Genetics	Sadava Ch. 12; Brock Ch. 7
Nov 20 Th	Lecture 8. Molecular Genetics	Continued
LAB III – Conjugation / Coliforms in Reed Canyon Lake / Antibiotic Testing
Nov 24 M	NO LAB LECTURE	NO LABS
Nov 25 T	Lecture 9. Prokaryotic Horizontal Gene Transfer	Sadava Ch. 13; Brock Ch. 10
Nov 27 Th	THANKSGIVING
Dec 1 M	Lecture 10. Antibiotic Resistance	http://www.who.int/infectious-disease-report/2000/
Dec 2 T	Lecture 11. Energetics	Sadava Chs. 6 and 7
Dec 4 Th	Lecture 12. Energetics	Continued
LAB IV – Data Analysis

* Reading is recommended

Textbooks

The primary textbook for the material covered is the seventh edition of Life: The Science of Biology by Sadava, Heller, Orians, Purves and Hillis, 2008. I will also refer you to the eleventh edition of Brock Biology of Microorganisms by Madigan, Martinko and Parker, 2006. Copies of this textbook are 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!

Supplemental Reading

Taubes, G. (2008) The Bacteria Fight Back Science 321: 356-361 at http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/sci;321/5887/356

Ferber. D. (2003) WHO Advises kicking the Livestock Antibiotic Habit Science 301:1027 at http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/301/5636/1027.

Ferber, D. (2000) Antibiotic Resistance: Superbugs on the Hoof? Science 288: 792-794 at http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/288/5467/792

Additional information concerning the problem of antibiotic resistance can be found at:
http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua