EEES 1170, Microbes and Society
Lecture Notes
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Lecture notes and figures are available below as .pdf files, portions of which were obtained from the following sources:
Alcamo, E.I. 2003. Microbes and Society: An Introduction to Microbiology. Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Alexander, S.K. and D. Strete. 2001. Microbiology: A Photographic Atlas for the Laboratory. Benjamin/Cummings Science Publishing.
Madigan, M.T., J.M. Martinko, and J. Parker. 2000. Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 9th ed. Prentice Hall.
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Course topics (Based on the text, Microbes and Society)
Chapter One The Microbial World: Surprising and Stunning
Chapter Two Microbes in Perspective: Of Collectors and Classifiers
Chapter Three The Molecules of the Cell: The Building Blocks of Life
Chapter Five Bacteria: The First Microbes
Chapter Six Viruses: At the Threshold of Life
Chapter Seven Protists: A Microbial Grab Bag
Chapter Eight Fungi: Yeasts and Warm Fuzzies
Chapter Nine Growth and Metabolism: Running the Microbial Machine
Chapter Ten Microbial Genetics: New Genes for Old Germs
Chapter Seventeen Disease and Resistance: The Wars Within
Chapter YY (not in your book) Epidemiology
Chapter Eleven Controlling Microbes: Physical and Chemical Methods
Chapter Thirteen Food Preservation and Safety: The Competition
Chapter Fourteen Biotechnology and Industry: Microbes at Work
Additional links to chapter notes will be added throughout the semester.
Quiz grades
Quiz One will cover material from Chapter One, page one through Chapter Three, page six.
Quiz Two will cover material from Chapter Three, page seven through the end of Chapter Five.
Quiz Three will cover material from Chapter Six, page one through Chapter Six, page 19.
Quiz Four will cover material from Chapter Six, page 19 through Chapter Nine, page four.
Quiz Five will cover material from Chapter Nine, page four through the end of Chapter Ten.
Additional links will be added throughout the semester.
Homeworks
Example article for Homework One
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Articles of interest
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