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Skyline CollegeSkyline CollegeOfficial Course OutlineDate: May 20101. TITLE:BIOL 240 General Microbiology 4 units, 48 lecture hours, 48 laboratory hours, and 16 hours by arrangement per week.Prerequisite: Successful completion of a college-level laboratory science course. Recommended: Eligibility for ENGL 836.2. COURSE CLASSIFICATION: Credit course applicable to the Associate Degree. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (B2, 3). (CAN BIOL 14).3. COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:Catalog Description:Morphology, taxonomy, ecology, and physiology of microorganisms, with emphasis on bacteria. Laboratory techniques on culture and identification of bacteria. Recommended for agriculture, biochemistry, nursing, pre-medical and pre-dental, biotechnology engineering, and other life science majors. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (B2, 3). (CAN BIOL 14).Schedule of Classes Description: Prereq: Successful completion of a college-level laboratory science course. Recommended: Eligibility for ENGL 836. Morphology, taxonomy, ecology, and physiology of microorganisms with emphasis on bacteria and viruses. Lecture must be accompanied by a lab session. Transfer: UC; CSU (B2, B3). CAN BIOL 14.4. COURSE JUSTIFICATION: Designed to fulfill the Microbiology requirement for the allied health programs (nursing, respiratory therapy, dental hygiene, and physical therapy). Course provides an elective for Biology majors to become familiar with microbiology in order to understand current developments in biology and to acquire additional laboratory skills.5. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (SLOs):1. Use aseptic technique in clinical and laboratory environments.2. Identify bacteria using appropriate biochemical tests.3. Discuss and understand the role of microorganisms in healthy individuals and ininfectious diseases.4. Discuss and understand the principles of cellular metabolism, molecular genetics, andimmunology.6. SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:1. Improve problem solving abilities (scientific method) and the planned approach toproblems2. Familiarize students with the necessity of aseptic techniques3. Acquaint students with the diversity of microorganisms (especially bacteria) and theirphysical and chemical environments4. Emphasis placed on basic and applied microbiologyp. 1 of 75. Foster awareness of ecological interactions through a study of microbial ecology.7. COURSE CONTENT:1. History of microbiologya. Spontaneous generationb. Fermentationc. Germ theory of diseased. Aseptic techniquese. Vaccination2. Taxonomy and systematicsa. The diversity of microbes is used to illustrate taxonomy and phylogenetics1. Archeae2. Bacteria3. Fungi4. Algae5. Protozoa6. Multicellular animal parasites (helminths and arthropod vectors)b. Bergey’s Manual3. Microscopya. The first observationsb. Compound light microscopyc. Electron microscopyd. Preparation of specimens for microscopy4. The concept of culturesa. Historical developmentb. Complex and chemically-defined media5. Functional anatomy of procaryotic cellsa. Size, shape, and arrangementb. Structures external to the cell wall1. Methods of motility2. Fimbriae3. Capsulec. Cell Wall1. Osmoregulation2. Gram reaction3. Damage to the cell walld. Structures internal to the cell wall1. Plasma membrane: diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active transport2. Damage to the plasma membranee. Cytoplasm: ribosomes, inclusionsf. Endosporesg. Chemotaxish. Comparison of procaryotic and eucaryotic cells1. Endosymbiotic theory6. Microbial metabolisma. Organic compounds1. Functional groups2. Carbohydratesp. 2 of 73. Lipids4. Proteins5. Nucleic acids6. ATPb. Enzymes1. Mechanism of action2. Nonprotein components and coenzymes3. Factors influencing enzyme activity4. Allosteric and competitive inhibitionc. Oxidation: reduction reactions - NADd. Biochemical pathways of energy production (Catabolism)1. Extracellular enzymes2. Hydrolysis reactions3. Fermentation of carbohydratesGlycolysis (substrate-level phosphorylation)Hexose monophosphate shuntEntner-Douderoff4. Oxidation of carbohydrates, Krebs cycle, Oxidative phosphorylation: aerobicrespiration, 5. Photophosphorylation: Cyclic, Halobacterium6. Lipid Catabolism7. Protein catabolism: decarboxylation, deamination8. Fermentation technology Foods, antibiotic production, energy alternatives, single-cell proteine. Biochemical pathways of energy utilization (anabolism)1. Dehydration synthesis2. Biosynthesis of amino acids: Transamination, prototrophs, denitrification,ammonification, N2 fixation, S-Assimilation (Desulfovibrio)3. Biosynthesis of lipids4. Biosynthesis of purines and pyrimidines7. Microbial growtha. Chemical requirements:1. Macronutrients2. Micronutrients3. Organic growth factors4. O2b. Physical requirements1. Osmotic pressure2. Temperature: commercial canning, low-temperature preservation, moist anddryheat methods, pasteurization3. pH4. Water5. Chemical preservativec. Bacterial growth1. Binary transverse fission2. Actinomycete conidiospores3. Population growth curves; Measurement of cell numbers; Indirectmeasurement of metabolic products; Generation time calculationsp. 3 of 78. Microbial geneticsa. Structure and chemical composition of a bacterial chromosomeb. Definition of genec. DNA replicationd. Protein synthesise. Feedback inhibitionf. Induction and represessiong. Mutations1. Types2. Chemical mutagens3. Ionizing and nonionizing radiation4. Mutation of frequency5. Evolutionary significance of mutations6. Direct and indirect selection7. Ames mutagenicity assayh. Genetic recombination1. Transformation2. Transduction (defined)3. Conjugation: infectious drug resistance4. Evolutionary significance of recombination9. Biotechnologya. Fermentationsb. Genetics engineeringc. RFLP and PCRd. Bioinformatics10. Bases for classifying and identifying bacteriaa. Morphology and biochemistryb. Serologyc. Phage typingd. RFLP and PCRe. Phylogentic relationships and Bergey’s Manual11. Virusesa. Structure and classification - epidemiology of selected animal virusesb. Animal virus replicationc. Laboratory culture and diagnosisd. Latent viruses1. Lysogenic bacteriophage2. Transduction3. Herpesvirusese. Slow viral infectionsf. Oncogenic viruses: DNA, RNAg. Cytopathic effects of virusesh. Treatment of viral diseases12. Host defensesa. Nonspecific resistance1. Mechanical barriers2. Phagocytosis3. Inflammationp. 4 of 74. Chemical factors: lysozyme, acids, osmotic pressure, interferon, complementand serum bactericidinsb. Immunology1.


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