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                            SUMMER QUARTER, 2003              David B. Fankhauser, Ph.D.

 

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Office, Hrs:    EDS 215 P (MWF, 1:15-3 PM)    SYLLABUS  Professor of Biology & Chem

Homepage:     http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Fankhauser    34-BIOL-281   U. C. Clermont College

email:    David.Fankhauser@UC.EDU                      Batavia  OH 45l03

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:  To learn about microorganisms, including their anatomy, physiology, taxonomy, genetics, how to control their growth, their medical significance, their epidemiology, the body's protective responses to their challenge (both non-specific and immune), exogenous antimicrobial agents, and etymology related to all these subject.

 

LABORATORY SKILLS:  To learn these skills: oil immersion microscopy, differential staining, sterile technique, media preparation, single colony isolation, serial dilution, use of selective and differential media, enumeration (photometrically, plate count, membrane filtration).  See Lab Protocol handouts for important directions on Lab Notebook Procedure.

 

REQUIRED TEXT:        Tortora, Funke & Case         Microbiology, An Introduct’n, 7th Ed        Benjamin/Cummings Pub.          (2001)

OPTIONAL TEXTS:                                        Borror                                        Dict. Of Word Roots & Comb Forms                                         Mayfield Pub.                                        (1960)

                                        Marchuk  A Life Science Lexicon  Wm. C. Brown Pub  (1992)

 

SCHEDULE:   Lecture is 10:00 to approximately 11:25,  Laboratory from 11:35 to 1:15.

The following calendar is an approximation, and may be adjusted according to the rate at which material is successfully presented and mastered.   Box lower left numbers are assigned readings.  For details on specific diseases, see text index.

READINGS IN TEXT ARE IN LOWER LEFT OF DUE DATE.  NOTE: Pop pre-lab quizzes will be given.

6/30       History of Microbiology

             Spontaneous Generation?

 

1-28

7/2   (Review Chemistry on your own)

               Germ Theory of Disease

        Microscope History & Function

29-83

7/4

                    Independence Day

7/7  Lab First: Prepare media                  

                              Stains.    

    Prokaryotic Anatomy I:  Flagella, Pili

85-94

7/9         Prokaryotic Anatomy II: 

          Capsules, Cell Wall Structure,

                          Sporulation                       

94-106                                              QUIZ I

7/11     Lab First, middle and last:

                Bacterial Growth Curve            

     Requirements for Microbial Growth

106-119

7/14                  Enzymology

               Metabolism, Glycolysis

 

 121-135

7/16        Microbial Fermentation

     Microbial Control: Physical Means

 

135-154                                           QUIZ II

7/18             Microbial Control:

                     Chemical Means

(bring in anti-bacterial agents to test)

647-721                    NOTEBOOKS DUE

7/21            Microbial Genetics

 

 

 155-191

7/23          Microbial Taxonomy

         Intro to Gram negative bacteria

 

304-314

7/25 Lab First:  Blood Agar results

        Take home sterile culture tubes     

 

                    MIDTERM EXAM

7/28    Midterm returned, discussed.

      Gram negative bacteria continued:

           Enterobacteriaceae et cetera

7/30  Chlamydia & Spirochetes

           Gram positive bacteria:

                Staph, Strep, et cetera

582-586, 658-660, 690-691

8/1 Lab First: TSI slant prep                   

   Spore formers: Bacillus & Clostridium

                        Mycobacteria

324-325,                                        QUIZ III

8/4       Medically Important Fungi   

                  Eukaryotic Parasites

 

331-343, 350-354

8/6         Viruses, Viral Diseases I:           

       Viral diseases of skin and nerves

 

587-593, 611-620

8/9               Virus Diseases II:

        Respiratory & GI tracts: 371-402

         Infection and Disease: 406-425

NOTEBOOKS DUE                   QUIZ IV

8/11               Host Defenses:

              Non-specific and specific

 

454-472

8/13     Immunology:  Mech. of the

           Immune Response, Problems

 

476-495

8/15 Lab 1st: Count plaques, calc. titer   

                       FINAL EXAM

    So long, it's been good to know you.

                    KEEP IN TOUCH!  

           Quizzes (given at 11:00) and exams will include material from both lecture and lab exercises.  Grades will be assigned according to your position on a class histogram of cumulative points earned on quizzes, notebooks and exams.  The class midline corresponds to a B/B-  See a separate handout on suggestions for how to succeed in this course.

       Rvsd 25 June 2003