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In-class |
Homework |
Monday, September 29 (day 4) NO CLASS FOR MICRO 1 QUAD POD FOR MICRO 2 1) Lab 6: A Closer Look a the Anatomy and Physiology of the Bacterial Cell |
STUDY
FOR TEST |
Tuesday, September 30 ( day 5)Normal class for Micro 1 1) Review for test NO CLASS FOR MICRO 2 |
STUDY
FOR TEST |
Wednesday, October 1 (day 6) Test over Unit 2: Microscopy and Microbial Cell |
Read
lab 7: Introduction to Biotechnology and expect possible lab quiz THURS.
(10/7) |
Thursday, October 2 ( day 7) Introduction to Genetics discussion Begin Lab 7: Practice DNA Extraction |
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Friday, October 3 Wrap up lab 7: Practice Pipetting |
1)
Read lab 8:
Chromatrack practice runs with gel electrophoresis and answer pre-lab
questions for : MON. (10/6) 2)
Lab 7: Intro to
Biotechnology due MON. (10/6) |
Quote
of the week:
But science is one of the very few human
activities-perhaps the only one- in which errors are systematically criticized
and fairly often, in time, corrected. This
is why we can say that, in science, we often learn from our mistakes, and why we
can speak clearly and sensibly above making progress there.
-Karl Popperm from Conjectures and Refutations
Question
of the week: What family of bacteria is known for causing damage on famous
monuments and sculptures due to its strange eating habit of eating marble and
converting it into plaster?
Answer to last week's question:
What
freshwater mammal is venomous? The
male duck billed platypus has venomous spurs located on its hind legs.
When threatened, the animal will drive them into the skin of a potential
enemy, inflicting a painful sting. The
venom this action releases is relatively mild and generally not harmful to
humans.
Unit
2:Microscopy, Microbial Cell Biology and Enzymes (Ch3,
4,and first part of Ch 6)
CONCEPT:
MICROSCOPY
-parts
and functions of the compound light microscope
(
eyepiece, objective, fine adjustment, coarse adjustment, diaphragm, body tube,
etc.)
(total
magnification)
-measurements
in microscopy ( millimeter, micrometer and nanometer)
-role
of the oil immersion lens
CONCEPT:
ISOLATING BACTERIAL GROWTH
-pure
culture
-mixed
culture
-streak
plate method
CONCEPT:
PREPARING BACTERIAL SLIDES
-bacterial
smear ( heat fixing, simple stain)
-gram
stain
-gram
positive bacteria
-gram
negative bacteria
-peptidoglycan
cell wall
CONCEPT:
SHAPE OF BACTERIAL CELLS
-cocci
-bacillus
-spirilium
-vibrio
-spirochete
CONCEPT:
ARRANGEMENT OF BACTERIAL CELLS
-"diplo"
as in diplococci
-"strepto"
as in streptococci
-"staphylo"
as in staphylococci
-tetrad
-sarcinae
ETC.
CONCEPT:
EXTERNAL ANATOMY OF THE BACTERIAL CELL (structure and function)
1)
glycocalyx
-slime
layer
-capsule
2)
flagella
parts
( basal body and filament)
location
(monotrichous, lophotrichous, amphitrichous, peritrichous)
3)
fimbrae
4)
pilli
5)
axial filament
6)
peptidoglycan cell wall (gram positive cell wall vs. gram negative cell wall)
7)
plasma membrane
8)
endspore
CONCEPT:
TRANSPORT IN THE BACTERIAL CELL
1)
passive transport ( diffusion, osmosis, solute, solvent, hypertonic, hypotonic
and isotonic)
2)
active transport
CONCEPT:
INTERNAL ANATOMY OF THE BACTERIAL CELL (structure and function)
1)
circular chromosome ( gene, genome, chromosome)
2)
plasmid
3)
ribosome
4)
cytosol