| BIO 340: Microbiology
Spring 2010
Centre College
Dr. Peggy Richey
Y214, ext 5319, richey@centre.edu
Lecture
Schedule
Click
on the links under "Resources" to review the material and find out
more about each day's topics
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Date
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Class #
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Topic
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Text Reading
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Resources
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| 2/3 |
1
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Introduction/History
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1
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Microbiology
Podcasts, Virtual Museum of Bacteria, Microbiology,
Hooke, Leewenhoek
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| 2/5 |
2
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History of microbiology
|
1
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Review
and quiz , spontaneous
generation, Ehrlich , Paul Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
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| 2/8 |
3
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Microscopy and staining
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2: 17-21, 25-31
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Review
and quiz, Gram
stain , operate an SEM,
EM
links
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| 2/10 |
4
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Eukaryote anatomy
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4
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Review
and quiz, Virtual
Cell
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| 2/12 |
5
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Prokaryote anatomy
|
3
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Giant
bacterium
, overview ,
magnetic
bacteria
|
| 2/15 |
6
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Prokaryote anatomy
|
3
|
flagella , how
bacteria swim
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| 2/17 |
7
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Prokaryote anatomy
|
3
|
Review
and quiz
|
| 2/19 |
8
|
Microbial nutrition
|
5
|
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| 2/22 |
9
|
Exam I (lectures 1-7)
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| 2/24 |
10
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Microbial growth
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6 : 119-125, 128-130, 132-147
|
Habitat on
Humanity , deadly oxygen , pressure cooker
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| 2/26 |
11
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Microbial growth
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6 : 119-125, 128-130, 132-147
|
magnetic
bacteria, biofioms,
Review
and quiz
|
| 3/1 |
12
|
Physical & Chemical control
|
7
|
overview , Safer
Salads
|
| 3/3 |
13
|
Physical & Chemical control
|
7
|
Review
and quiz
|
| 3/5 |
14
|
Antimicrobial chemotherapy
|
34: 835-853
|
Fleming,
Chain , penicillin , discovery of penicillin, overview
|
| 3/8 |
15
|
Antimicrobial chemotherapy
|
34: 835-853
|
how
penicillins work
tutorial, antibiotics , Antibiotics Guide , Antibiotics
Attack!
|
| 3/10 |
16
|
Antimicrobial chemotherapy
|
34: 835-853
|
Review
and quiz
Antibiotic
resistance
|
| 3/12 |
17
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Microbial metabolism
|
9:191-198; 205-209; 212-222; 10:232-235 |
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| 3/15 |
18
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Exam II (lectures 8, 10-16)
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| 3/17 |
19
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Microbial recombination
Paper Selection due
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13: 329-347
|
discovery
of transduction (register for free access at www.ergito.com)
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| 3/19 |
20
|
Microbial recombination
|
13:329-347
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Review
and quiz
|
| 3/29 |
21
|
Microbial taxonomy
|
19
|
phylogeny,
classification
|
| 3/31 |
22
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Microbial taxonomy
|
19
|
major groups of
prokaryotes,Review
and quiz
|
| 4/2 |
23
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Classification of bacteria
|
20
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Archaea in space,
thermophiles
, record-breaker , disease?
, extreme
life , saline
microsafari
|
| 4/5 |
24
|
Classification of bacteria
Summary due
|
20, 21
|
Review
and quiz
|
| 4/7 |
25
|
Classification of bacteria
|
21
|
Review
and quiz
|
| 4/9 |
26
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Classification of bacteria
|
22
|
Review
and quiz, Bdellovibrio, E. coli , Myxococcus
, pseudomonads
, cholera/London/Snow
|
| 4/12 |
27
|
Classification of bacteria
|
22, 23
|
Review
and quiz, Bacillus 1, Bacillus 2
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| 4/14 |
28
|
Classification of bacteria
|
23
|
Review
and quiz
|
| 4/16 |
29
|
Classification of bacteria
|
24
|
Cryptosporidium , Protozoa
pictures/animations , Euglenoids
, protozoan parasites
|
| 4/19 |
30
|
Protists--classification
|
25
|
cilitates--everything
you want to know, protist
videos, protist
images , Vorticella, Review
and quiz
|
| 4/21 |
31
|
Exam III (lectures 17, 19-29)
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| 4/23 |
32
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Protists--classification
|
25
|
Blooms , harmful algae , Euglena
|
| 4/26 |
33
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Protists--classification
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25; 34: 856-857
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Review
and quiz, Economic
uses of algae
, Ehux--impact
on the planet, diatoms, slime molds
|
| 4/28 |
34
|
Fungi
|
25
|
slime molds,
Dictyostelium movies,
Fungi overview
threats to
Thanksgiving dinner! , fantasitc
fungi ,
social
amoeba (Dicty) movie , MykoWeb , beautiful
fungi ,
time lapse videos, chytrids on frogs |
| 4/30 |
35
|
Fungi
|
25; 34: 854-855
|
sudden oak
death, mycorrhizae,
lichens,
pictures of
fungi, pathogenic
fungi, Mushroom identification, Review
and quiz
, chestnut trees
|
| 5/3 |
36
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Viruses -- general
Summary/Critique due
|
16
|
Review
and quiz, Virus
overview
|
| 5/5 |
37
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Viruses -- general
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16; 34: 855-856
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flu,
flu vaccine Q's,
antiviral
therapy
,
yellow
fever/Mexican-American war , avian
flu , fluwiki , flu game
|
| 5/7 |
38
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Viruses--case study
|
handout
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West Nile Virus -
CDC, West
Nile Virus - NIAID , SARS - CDC
SARS Watch, Whatever happened
to polio? , Influenza A Virus
|
| 5/10 |
39
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Other acellular infectious agents; special topic
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18: 467-469
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Final Exam (comprehensive): 8:30-11:30 a.m.
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