EEES 4540/5540, Microbial Ecology

Lecture Notes

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        Lecture notes and figures  are available below as .pdf files and were obtained from the following sources:

1. Madigan, M.T., J.M. Martinko, and J. Parker. 2000. Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 9th ed. Prentice Hall.

2. Atlas, R.M. and R. Bartha. 1998. Microbial Ecology: Fundamentals and Applications, 4th ed. Benjamin/Cummings Science Publishing.

3. Maier, R.M., I.L. Pepper, and C.P. Gerba. 2000. Environmental Microbiology. Academic Press.

4. Alexander, S.K. and D. Strete. 2001. Microbiology: A Photographic Atlas for the Laboratory.  Benjamin/Cummings Science Publishing.

5. Paul, E.A. and F.E. Clark. 1996. Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry, 2nd ed. Academic Press, Inc.

6. Alcamo, E.I. 2003. Microbes and Society: An Introduction to Microbiology. Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

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Course topics 

History of Microbial Ecology  

The Microbial World

Microbes in Perspective                

The Microorganisms 

            Prokaryotes-1

            Prokaryotes-2 

            Viruses                                                                     

            Protists

            Fungi-1

            Fungi-2 

            Fungi-3

Microbial Genetics  

Controlling Microorganisms     

Antibiotics

Antibiotic Resistance        

Environmental Pathogens (MRSA)

Microbial Indicators

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