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| Lecture Schedule and Notes | Bio119, Fall Quarter 2008 |
Lecture # |
Date | Topics* | Suggested Readings |
| Before Friday | Basic biology and biochemistry | Chapter 3 | |
1 |
9/26 F | Microbiology Introduction (download pdf) | 1, 2; Microbe Hunters chapter on Koch (Web). |
2 |
9/29 M | Microbes, Prokaryotes, and Diversity; Study Questions; Inked (download pdf) | 1.2-3, Box 16.1 & 16.3, 17.1-3 |
3 |
10/1 W | Prokaryotic Cell Biology I: the cytoplasm,
cell envelope and wall (outlines: pdf or doc versions) and Study Questions Inked Outline |
4.2-4, 11.1-2, Table 11.1 |
4 |
10/3 F | Prokaryotic Cell Biology II: Outer membrane, layers and appendages, and motility (outlines: pdf or doc versions) and Study Questions Inked Outline |
4.4-5, 5.2, 11.5 |
5 |
10/6 M | Bacterial nutrition, transport of nutrients by microbial cells (outlines: pdf or doc versions) and Study Questions Inked Outline and figures |
Chapter 5 |
6 |
10/8 W | Microbial Physiology: Microbial cultivation and isolation (outlines: pdf or doc versions) and Study Questions Inked Outline and figures |
Chapters 5, 6.5, 7.1-3 |
7 |
10/10 F | Microbial Physiology: Microbial growth and control (outline: pdf version) and Study Questions Inked Outline Growth video #1 and #2 (source is YouTube) |
Chapters 6, 7.3-4 |
8 |
10/13 M | Prokaryotic Metabolism: Energy Generation part I (outline: pdf or ppt versions) study questions are attached to the outline Inked Outline (pdf) |
Chapters 8, 12 |
9 |
10/15 W | Prokaryotic Metabolism: Energy Generation part I (continued) | Chapters 8, 12 |
10 |
10/17 F | Prokaryotic Metabolism: Energy Generation Respiration (outline: pdf format) Study Questions Inked Outline |
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| 10/20 M | Midterm I: Covers Lectures 1-9 | ||
11 |
10/22 W | Metabolic Diversity (lecture: pdf or ppt) Inked Lecture (pdf format) Archaea, Proteobacteria, and Gram Positive bacteria (lecture: pdf or ppt) Study Questions |
Chapters 8 Anaerobic Respiration Review Paper (pdf) |
12 |
10/24 F | Genome organization/function, DNA replication, and plasmids DNA Replication Outline (pdf or doc format) and Figures (pdf format) Plasmids Outline (pdf or doc format) and figures (pdf format) Study Questions Inked Outline |
13.1-13.2 RNA Antitoxins Paper (hok/sok) |
13 |
10/27 M | Transcription, translation, and protein export in bacteria Outline (pdf or doc formats) and figures (pdf or ppt formats) Study Questions (doc or pdf format) Inked Outline |
13.3, 13.5, 11.3-4 Protein Secretion Paper (pdf) |
14 |
10/29 W | Mutagens, mutations, and isolation of mutants Lecture outline (pdf or doc format) and figures (pdf format) Study Questions (doc or pdf format) Inked outlined |
13.8, 13.9 Microbiological Assays for Mutagens Luria and Delbruck 1943 paper |
15 |
10/31 F | Microbial genetics, transformation, mutation, acquiring new traits. Lecture outline (pdf or doc format) and figures (pdf format) Study Questions (doc or pdf format) Inked outline |
Chapter 15 |
16 |
11/3 M | Regulation of gene expression Lecture outline (pdf or doc format) and figures (pdf format) Study Questions (doc or pdf format) Inked outline |
13.4, 13.6, 13.7 |
17 |
11/5 W | Chapter 16 | |
18 |
11/7 F | Catch up on previous lectures | |
19 |
11/10 M | Human host-microbe interactions (by Professor Fitnat Yildiz) Lecture notes (pdf). Study questions are at the end of the lecture notes. |
Chapter 26 |
20 |
11/12 W | Pathogens I: Water-borne diseases (by Professor Fitnat Yildiz) Lecture notes (pdf) |
Chapter 28 |
| 11/14 F | ****Midterm II: Covers Lectures 10-16**** | ||
21 |
11/17 M | Pathogens II: Food borne diseases (by Professor Fitnat Yildiz) Lecture notes (pdf) |
Chapter 28 |
22 |
11/19 W | Pathogens III: Person to person diseases (by Professor Fitnat Yildiz) Lecture notes (pdf) |
Chapter 28 |
23 |
11/21 F | Clinical microbiology: antibiotics Lecture notes (pdf) Study Questions (pdf) |
Sections 7.3, 7.4; Chapter 30 Walsh 2000 Paper Levy 2004 Paper |
24 |
11/24 M | Viruses. Guest lecture by Susan Williams, Ph.D., UCSC Lecture notes (doc format) Study Questions (pdf) |
Chapters 14, 29 |
| 11/26 W | No class-work on outside project | ||
| 11/28 F | Holiday: no class | ||
25 |
12/1 M | Outside project due. Applied/Environmental Microbiology: wastewater, drinking water, monitoring Lecture notes (pdf) Study Questions (pdf) and MPN table (pdf) |
Based on chapter 32 |
26 |
12/3 W | Microbial Ecology/Environmental Microbiology Lecture notes (pdf) Study Questions (pdf) and Answers (pdf) |
Based on chapter 24 |
27 |
12/5F | Review: question/answer | |
| 12/8 M | FINAL EXAM (comprehensive): 4-7 PM |