Bio 321-Microbiology
Syllabus
| Lecture Topics (Chapters) | |
| Week 1 | Introduction, History (1), Prokaryotic Cell Structure (3,4) Lab #1- Aseptic Technique & Inoculation Lab #2 Microscopic Observation |
| Week 2 | Microbial Nutrition, Microbial Growth Control (7-8) Lab #3 Prep of Microbial Growth Medium Lab #4 Temp, O2, NaCl, pH |
| Week 3 | Microbial Growth Control- Antibiotics (9) Exam 1 Lab #5 Antibiotics |
| Week 4 | Energy Metabolism (10-12) Lab #6 Small Molecule Metabolism |
| Week 5 | Microbial Genetics (13-15) Lab #7 Exoenzymes, Differential and Selective Media |
| Week 6 | Biotech & Genomics (16-18) Lab #8 PCR Amplification of rRNA gene Analysis of Known Genome Intro to Bergey's Manuals |
| Week 7 | Exam 2 Microbial Phylogeny (19-20) Lab #9 Biolog GenIII Plate Lab #10 Fatty Acid Methyl Ester Analysis |
| Week 8 | Microbial Diversity (21-24) Microbial genome report due Lab #11 rRNA Sequence Analysis |
| Week 9 | Microbial Ecology (19-32) Exam 3 |
| Week 10 | Viruses (6,17) Lab #12 Phage Titering |
| Week 11 | The Immune Response (33-34) Unknown microbe lab report draft due #13 Clinical Micro/API Tests Lab #14 Water/Milk Analysis |
| Week 12 | Unknown lab report reviews due Pathogenicity and infection (35) Exam 4 Lab #15 Antibody Titer with ELISA |
| Week 13 | Clinical Microbiology, Epidemiology (36-37) Lab Skills Practical Field Trip: Clinical Microbiology Lab |
| Week 14 | Microbial Diseases (38-39) Unknown lab report final paper due Field Trip: Tour of the Bullfrog Brewery Field Trip: Wastewater Microbiology |