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Unit 2: Microbial Cell Biology

 

 

Class discussions

-Viewing and Sizing Up Microbes Discussion

-External Anatomy of Bacterial Cell

-Internal Anatomy of Bacterial Cell

Activities and Labs

-Lab 6: The Gram Stain

-Visualizing the Size of Microbes Activity

-Modeling the Anatomy of the Bacterial Cell

Helpful Links

1) Bacteriology 330: University of Wisconsin: http://www.bact.wisc.edu/bact303/structure

-great descriptions and diagrams of each feature

 

2) Fundamentals of Microbiology: University of Connecticut

http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~terry/229sp02/lectures/Lect2.html

-lecture outline with descriptions, links and diagrams

 

3) Cells Alive

a)  Cell wall: http://www.cellsalive.com/pen.htm

-video clip of penicillin action on bacteria

 

b) Flagella: http://www.cellsalive.com/animabug.htm

-video clip of flagella in motion

 

4) Cell Biology of Bacteria: University of Brooklyn

-clickable powerpoint presentation of cell features

http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/bklyn/acadres/facdev/FacultyProjects/WebClass/micro-web/html-files/ChapterA-5.html

 

5) Microbiology Department at the University of Leicester 

http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/Video/Video.html

 

a) Bacterial motility: http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/video/motility.html

 

b) Endospores: http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/video/Bcereus.html