****announcements (3-4-99) new changes in green
Text: Biology of Microorganisms, 8th Ed., by Madigan, Martinko, and Parker. 1997.
Office hours: Mon. & Wed. 10-11 or by appointment
Office: 406 Science
Phone: 780-4261
e-mail: rmullen@maine.edu
Web page: http://www.usm.maine.edu/~rmullen/
Date Topic Reading
1- 12 Introduction, history Ch. 1 (all)
1- 14 Cell Structure Ch. 3 pp. 58-78, 80-99
1-19 Cell structure
1- 21
Intro
to Microbial diversity
Ch. 1 pp. 11-14 (also look over Ch.
15 (secs. 15.6-15.9) and glance
through Chps.. 16, 17, 18)
Please note that there is a change here:
I have decided to talk about Metabolism before Growth (since I've already been forced to start talking about metabolism because it is so important in understanding microbial diversity).
Hence the next lectures will
be about metabolism.
1-28
Finish diversity and
Intro
to Metabolism
Ch. 4 (4.1-4.8)
2-2
Metabolism:Fermentation:
Ch. 4 (4.9-4.10); Ch. 13 (13.19-13.20)
and
Respiration
Ch. 4 (4.11-4.15) Ch. 13 (13.14-13.18)
Example of test questions.... Test 1 from last year
2-4
Metabolism
: Autotrophs
Ch. 4 (4.16), Ch. 13 (13.1-13.5, 13.7-13.13)
(Chemolithotrophs
and
phototrophs)
2- 9 EXAM 1
2-11
Growth (we won't talk about much) Ch. 5
Intro to Genetics
Ch. 6 (review) (skip pgs. 188-193 and
sec.6.7-6.8)
2-16 & 2-18 BREAK
Ok so we're behind!
We will do autotrophs on
Tues the 23rd and start in on genetics on the 25.
I will be out of town Monday
Feb 22 so will be unable to make office hours. If you need to see me, please
call or e-mail and we will set up a time. I will check my e-mail on Sun.
Feb 21.
2-25 and 3-2
Genetics
and Regulation
Ch. 6 (review) and Ch. 7
(intro, 7.3, 7.4,)
3-4
Introduction to Viruses
Ch. 8 (8.1-8.2, 8.6-8.8, 8.11 (only
T4)-8.12 (just
understand difference between lytic and
lysogenous), 8.14, 8.16 (influenza
only), 8.19,
8.22-8.23)
3-9
Microbial
Genetics
Ch. 9 (p. 304-306, 9.5-9.10)
Genetic
Engineering
Ch. 10 pg. 357-364, 10.5 10.7, 10.12, 10.13,
10.14-10.17)
3- 11
EXAM 2
3-16
Microbial
Ecology
Ch. 14 (14.1-14.2, skim 14.3-14.9, read
14.11-14.15)
3-18
Applied
(Industrial) Micro
Ch. 12 (12 12.1-12.2, 12.5-12.14)
(Guest Speaker Dr. Elizabeth Ehrenfeld
from IDEXX!)
3- 23 & 3-25 BREAK
Who has my textbook?
So we're switching gears here and for the topics below
(if you really agree to this) you will choose the subjects within these
topics that you would like to delve deeply into (ie. read and discuss
the primary literature)
If you have thoughts on these topics please e-mail
(rmullen@maine.edu) them to me as soon as possible so I can get busy looking
for articles.
Access
here the ones I have so far
3-30 Environmental Micro Ch. 12 (12.15), Ch. 14 (14.19-14.20)
4 -1 Waste Treament Plant (meet there at the end of eastern end of Marginal way at 11:30)
4-6 discussion of future topics and papers
4-8
Biological
warfare
The nitrogen
cycle
4-13
The nitrogen
cycle
(continued) and sulfur cycle
Bioremediation
and Biodegradation
4-15 EXAM 3
4-20
Immunology
Ch. 20 (20.1-20.9 (but don't get bogged down
in this)
4-22
Antibiotics
Paper Antibiotic Resistance and TB paper
Tuberculosis
also text pp. 412 -419, 938-940 (sec. 23.3)
4-27 Epidemiology (including definitions, updated 5-2) Ch. 22 (22.1-22.5, 22.10)
4-29 review and discussion
5-4 FINAL EXAM Tues. 8:00-10:00
Please bring the articles I gave you on Thursday.
(Giant Sulfur-eating Microbe Found
and
Dense Populations of a Giant Sulfur Bacterium in
Namibian Shelf Sediments)
Hey everyone. I've got all your tests graded... looks like no one was hurt by your final exam, which is good, some people even brought up their grades. I will try e-mailing your grades to you, if you don't get anything, please let me know via e-mail (rmullen@maine.edu)..or call. You can come by to pick up your exams, ..if I am not here they will be in the bio office 8-4:30 weekdays.
You were such a good class, Thank you so much for that.. it was fun and I will miss you. Keep in touch if you can, I will have the same e-mail (and am also working on getting some of our pictures on this page)
IMPORTANT! Tests will be based on lecture material. The book is for REFERENCE, i.e. reading assignments are meant to clarify material presented in lecture.
Lecture attendance is not compulsory, but strongly encouraged. You are responsible for lecture material, all material posted on the web, and any announcements concerning changes in schedule, etc. that may be made in lecture.
GRADES
Exam 1 100
Exam 2 100
Exam 3 100
Final exam 125
Total 425