BIOL 321 MICROBIOLOGY
Dr. Sandra Thompson-Jaeger
sthompso@cbu.edu
Science 303 (Chemistry floor)
Tel: 901.321.3453
Homepage: http://www.cbu.edu/~sthompso
WebCT
link: http://webct6.cbu.edu/webct/entryPageIns.dowebct
Dr TJs spring schedule:
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8am |
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9am |
Microbiology Labs |
Microbiology Labs |
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10am |
Principles of Bio 11 |
Principles of Bio 111 |
Principles of Bio 111 |
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10:30am |
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11am |
Office |
Office |
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11:30am |
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12noon |
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12:30pm |
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1pm |
Microbiology |
Bio 111 Discussion |
Microbiology |
Microbiology |
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1:30pm |
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2pm |
Office |
Office |
Office |
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2:30pm |
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3pm |
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3:30pm |
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4pm |
If for some reason, I cannot keep the office hours listed, there will be an alternate schedule on the door of Science 303. If I am not in the office or in class, I am very likely in the Microbiology laboratory, or the "prep kitchen" on the Biology floor.
Required reading:
Microbiology (seventh edition)
Prescott, Harley and Klein
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
ISBN
978-0-07-299291-5
The Demon in the Freezer
By Richard Preston
The Random House Publishing Group
ISBN 0-345-46663-2
Course description:
BIOL 321. MICROBIOLOGY: A study of microbial biochemistry, molecular biology, morphology, physiology, metabolism, growth and growth control, taxonomy, diversity, genetics, evolution, ecology and immunology with emphasis on bacteria and viruses. Topics include medical, veterinary, food, industrial, and environmental microbiology. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in BIOL 112 and CHEM 211 and Junior or Senior standing. Corequisite: BIOL 321L. One semester, three credits.
Grading: there will be four exams; the first three will be 100 points each, and the fourth 200 points. The final will cover the last fourth of the class material and select topics from the entire session and will be given during Final Exam Week. Exam questions will come from lecture material, reading assignments from the texts, assigned journal articles/case studies and student presentations.
Each student will give one oral presentation worth thirty points.
There will be five twenty-point quizzes; from these you may drop your lowest score (if you are absent the day of one quiz, this will be the quiz grade you drop).
There will be a twenty-point information literacy assignment.
Please be on time for quizzes and exams so that you have as much time as possible!
Total points: 630.
Grading
scale: 90-100% A; 80-89% B; 70-79% C; 60-69% D; 0-59% F.
Make-up exam policy: Make-up exams are generally more difficult than the regularly scheduled exams and will be given only in the case of excusable, documented reasons. These include severe illness and death in the immediate family. There will be no make-up exam for the final exam. If you know you are going to miss an exam because of a death in the immediate family, please come to me BEFOREHAND so we can arrange for the make-up exam. If you are too ill to come and take an exam, call me or leave a message with the departmental secretary. If you are ill, I MUST see a doctor's note when you return to class. NO EXCEPTION.
Lecture Schedule (subject to change)
Month |
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Text chapter |
Topic |
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January |
7 |
1 |
Introduction to Microbiology |
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9 |
3 |
Prokaryotic cells |
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11 |
3 |
Prokaryotic cells |
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14 |
5 |
Microbial nutrition |
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16 |
6 |
Microbial growth |
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18 |
7 |
Control of microbes |
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23 |
8 |
Quiz 1 (ch 1, 3, 5-7) Energy, enzymes, regulation |
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25 |
9 |
Energy release and conservation |
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28 |
9 |
Energy release/photosynthesis |
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30 |
10 |
Energy in biosynthesis |
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February |
1 |
Exam I |
Chapters 1, 3, 5-9 |
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4 |
11 |
Nucleic acid structure/replication |
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6 |
11 |
Transcription/genetic cod |
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8 |
11 |
Translation |
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11 |
12 |
Regulation of gene expression |
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13 |
13 |
Quiz 2 (ch 10, 11) Mutation/repair/recombination |
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15 |
16 |
Viruses |
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18 |
17 |
Bacteriophages |
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20 |
18 |
Eukaryotic viruses/prions |
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22 |
19 |
Taxonomy/phylogeny |
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25 |
Exam II |
Chapters 10-13, 16-18 |
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27 |
20 |
The Archaea |
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29 |
21 |
Nonproteobacteria gram negatives |
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March |
10 |
22 |
Proteobacteria |
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12 |
23 |
Low G+C gram positives |
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14 |
24 |
Quiz 3 (ch 20-23) High G+C gram positives |
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Eukaryotic cell structure/function |
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19 |
25 |
Protists |
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26 |
Fungi (Eumycota) |
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28 |
The Demon in the Freezer |
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31 |
Exam III |
Chapters 4, 19-26 |
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April |
2 |
30 |
Microbial interactions/normal microbiota |
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4 |
31 |
Nonspecific (innate) resistance |
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7 |
32 |
Specific (adaptive) immunity |
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9 |
32 |
Antibodies |
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11 |
33 |
Quiz 4 (ch 30-32) Pathogenicity of microbes |
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14 |
34 |
Antimicrobial chemotherapy |
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16 |
36 |
Epidemiology of infectious disease |
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18 |
Student presentations |
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21 |
Student presentations |
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23 |
Student presentations |
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25 |
Student presentations |
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28 |
40 |
Quiz 5 Microbiology of food |
It is entirely possible that this lecture schedule will change! This semester we are using a new edition of the textbook, and some chapters have "grown" quite a bit in length. Check the web page for updates.
We must be out of the science building after April 18th; as soon as I know the location of our alternate classroom I will let you know.
During class please turn off electronics of ALL KINDS.