BIOL 321 MICROBIOLOGY
Dr. Sandra Thompson-Jaeger
CW114
sthompso@cbu.edu
Tel: 901.321.3453
Homepage: http://www.cbu.edu/sthompso
Dr T-Js spring 2009 schedule:
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8am |
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8:30am |
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Principles Discussion |
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9:30am |
Microbiology Labs |
Microbiology Labs |
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10am |
Principles of Bio 111 |
Principles of Bio 111 |
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11am |
Office |
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11:30am |
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12noon |
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12:30pm |
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1pm |
Microbiology |
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Microbiology |
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Microbiology |
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1:30pm |
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2pm |
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Principles I Lab |
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2:30pm |
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3pm |
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3:30pm |
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4pm |
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4:30pm |
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Required text:
Microbiology (seventh edition)
Prescott, Harley and Klein
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
ISBN 978-0-07-299291-5
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 ÒCÓ or better in BIOL 112 and CHEM 211 and Junior or Senior standing. Corequisite: BIOL 321L. One semester, three credits.
Grading: there will be five exams, each 100 points. The first four will be given during classtime, and the fifth will be given during finals week. The final is cumulative. Exam questions will come from lecture material, reading assignments from the text, assigned journal articles/case studies and student presentations.
Each student will give one oral presentation worth thirty points.
There will be five twenty-five 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.
Total points: 650.
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 different from 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.
Lecture Schedule (subject to change)
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Text chapter |
Topic |
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January |
12 |
1 |
Introduction to Microbiology |
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14 |
3 |
Prokaryotic cells |
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16 |
3 |
Prokaryotic cells |
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21 |
5 |
Microbial nutrition |
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23 |
6 |
Microbial growth |
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26 |
6 |
Quiz 1 Microbial growth, cont. |
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28 |
7 |
Control of microbes |
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30 |
8/9 |
Energy, enzymes, regulation Energy release and conservation |
February |
2 |
9 |
Energy release, cont. |
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4 |
10 |
Energy in biosynthesis |
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6 |
Exam I |
Chapters 1, 3, 5-9 |
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9 |
11 |
Nucleic acid structure/replication |
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11 |
11 |
Transcription/genetic code |
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13 |
11 |
Translation |
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16 |
12 |
Regulation of gene expression |
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18 |
12 |
Quiz 2 (ch 10, 11) Regulation of gene expression, cont. |
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20 |
13 |
Mutation/repair/recombination |
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23 |
16 |
Viruses |
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25 |
17 |
Bacteriophages |
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27 |
18 |
Eukaryotic viruses/prions |
March |
2 |
Exam II |
Chapters 10-13, 16-18 |
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4 |
19 |
Taxonomy/phylogeny |
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6 |
20 |
The Archaea |
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16 |
21 |
Nonproteobacteria gram negatives |
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18 |
22 |
Proteobacteria |
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20 |
23 |
Quiz 3 Low G+C gram positives |
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23 |
24 |
High G+C gram positives |
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25 |
4 |
Eukaryotic cell structure/function |
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27 |
25 |
Protists |
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30 |
26 |
Fungi (Eumycota) |
April |
1 |
Exam III |
Chapters 4, 19-25 |
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3 |
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Microbes in the news |
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6 |
30 |
Microbial interactions/normal microbiota |
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8 |
31 |
Nonspecific (innate) resistance |
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15 |
32 |
Specific (adaptive) immunity |
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17 |
32 |
Antibodies |
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20 |
33 |
Quiz 4 Pathogenicity of microbes |
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22 |
34 |
Antimicrobial chemotherapy |
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24 |
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Student presentations |
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27 |
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Student presentations |
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29 |
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Student presentations |
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May |
1 |
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Quiz 5 Microbes in the news |
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4 |
Exam IV |
Chapters 26, 30-34 |
Exam V will be scheduled during finals week.
It is entirely possible
that this lecture schedule will change as we need more or less time for a
topic. Exam and quiz dates are firm.
During class please turn
off electronics of ALL KINDS unless instructed to do otherwise!