The Biology Spot: The Microbiology Classroom
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Tentative Course outline for Microbiology
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Unit 1: Fundamentals of Microbiology (Ch 1 &3) -Introduction to Diversity and Importance of Microbes -Brief History of Microbiology -Modern Applications -Aseptic techniques -Microscopy |
Unit 4: Interactions between microbes and host (Ch7,14, &15) -control of microbial growth -principles of disease and epidemiology -microbial mechanisms of transmission and disease -host defense mechanisms |
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Unit 2: Microbial Cell Biology (Ch 4, 6 and 5) -Structure and function of the Prokaryotic Cell -Growth and division -Bacterial cell energy metabolism |
Unit 5: Survey of the Microbial World (Ch 13, *ch 21-26) -viruses -normal microbial flora of the human body -microbes and human disease *highlighting major infectious diseases throughout history |
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Unit 3: Microbial Genetics and Biotechnology (Ch 8 & 9) -basics of genetics and inheritance -bacterial transfer of genetic information -introduction to biotechnology - Polymerase Chain Reaction |
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