MICROBIOLOGY

Bio 3013

Text Book: Microbiology: A Human Perspective, (6^th ed) by E. W. Nester et al., McGraw-Hill, 2001

Date	Topic	Chapter
1/22 Thur	Introduction Human and the Microbial World	1
1/26 Mon 1/29 Thur	Microscopy and Cell Structure	3
2/2 Mon 2/5 Thur	Dynamics of Prokaryotic Growth	4
2/9 Mon 2/12 Thur	Control of Microbial Growth	5
2/16 Mon	Exam I (15%)
2/19 Thur 2/23 Mon	The Blueprints of Life, from DNA to protein	7
2/26 Thur 3/2 Mon	Biotechnology & Recombinant DNA	9
3/5 Thur 3/16 Mon	Identification & Classification of Prokaryotes	10
3/19 Thur 3/23 Mon	The Diversity of Prokaryotic Organism	11
3/26 Thur	Exam II (15%)
3/30 Mon 4/2 Thur	The Eukaryotic Members of the Microbial World	12
4/6 Mon 4/9 Thur	Viruses of Animals and Plants	14
4/13 Mon 4/16 Thur	Host-Microbe Interactions	19
4/20 Mon	Exam III (15%)
4/23 Thur 4/27 Mon	Antimicrobial Medication	21
4/30 Thur 5/4 Mon	HIV Disease and Complication of Immunodeficiency	29
	Final Exam (15%) (To be announced) (Include Chapters 21,29)

Lab Manual: Microbiology Experiments, A Health Science Perspective (5^th ed) by John Kleyn & Mary Bicknell, McGraw-Hill, 2001

Date	Topic	Chapter
1/26 Mon	Light microscope	2
2/2 Mon	Determination of cell motility, form and viability	3
2/9 Mon	Simple stains	4
2/16 Mon	Multiple and differential stain (Gram Stain)	5
2/23 Mon	Pure culture and aseptic Technique; Defined, undefined, selective & differential media	6,7
3/2 Mon	Quantification of microorganisms	8
3/16 Mon	Lab Practical 1 (10%)
3/23 Mon	Aerobic & anaerobic growth; Effect of incubation temperature on generation time	9,10
3/30 Mon	Moist & dry sterilization; Control of microbial growth with UV light	11,12
4/6 Mon	Antiseptics & antibiotics Normal skin flora; Respiratory microorganisms	14, 22, 23
4/13 Mon	Identification of enteric Gram-negative rods	24
4/20 Mon	Video
4/27 Mon	Identification of unknown	25
5/4 Mon	Lab Practical 2 (10%)

Lab Report & paper (15%)

Overall Performance and Attendance: Class and Lab (5%)