MICROBIOLOGY 206- DR. MOYES SYLLABUS FALL 2006 Chapter Title Pages covered Assigned reading (Includes figures, boxes, and tables) 1 Intro to Micro 1-16 Insight 1.1 Things change p.7 Insight 4.1 Biofilms p. 96 Insight 24.2 Killer Whale p.780 Living Activities in Soil p.781 Insight 24.3 Bioremediation p.782 4 Characteristics of Prokaryotic cells 89-108 Insight 4.2 Gram Stain p. 98 Insight 17.1 Uncultured p.517 Insight 4.3 bacterial size p.113 Survey of Unusual Procaryotic Groups p.111-115 5 Characteristics of Eukaryotic cells 120-130 Insight 1.3 Serendipity p. 17 Protozoa p.140-144 Insight 22.4 Treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease p.721 6 Intro to Virology 154-179 Insight 18.2 Ancient Scourge p.556 Insight 6.4 Common Cold p.178 Insight 19.3 Polio p.599 Insight 19.2 West Nile p. 590 Figure 14.20 Antiviral activity of Interferon p.439 5 Intro to Fungi 131-138 Insight 5.2 Faces of Fungi p.133 Insight 6.1 A positive view p. 157 Agents to Treat Fungal Infections p.362 Microorganisms as Food p. 794 4 Taxonomy 16-21, 108-111 Insight 11.1 microbial control p. 317 Insight 20.1 Atherosclerosis p.616 Sarin p.285,301 Microbes in Milk and Cheese p. 792-793 7 Microbial Nutrition & Growth 184-209 Figure 24.17 Red Tides p 784 Aquatic communities p.783-785 Algae p.139-140 Insight 7.2 Life in Extremes p. 186 Insight 7.4 Cashing in on Hot Microbes p.198 8 Microbial Metabolism 214-224 228-241 Insight 3.1 Animal inoculation p. 65 Insight 12.1 Witchcraft to wonder drugs p.349 Insight 11.4 Decontaminating Congress p. 342 Insight 24.4 Wood or Plastic? P. 796 9 Genetics 250-268 Insight 22.3 Microbe Fingerprints p.712 Antiviral Chemotherapeutic Agents p.363-366 Insight 10.3 Better Bioterrorism p. 301 11 Antimicrobial Control 316-322 Halogen Antimicrobials p.334 Insight 11.2 Pathogen Paranoia p. 331 Insight 11.3 Sterile Skin p. 338 12 Antimicrobial Therapy 348-362, 367-369 Insight 12.2 Modern Quest p. 352 Insight 12.4 Drug Resistance p. 370-371 Insight 12.3 Household Remedies p. 365 13 Normal Flora 384-387 (handout) Insight 13.1 Life without Flora p. 389 Insight 23.1 Pelvic Inflammatory Disease p.745 Insight 23.2 Sexually Transmitted Disease p.753 14 Host Defenses 418-442 Insight 14.3 Fever p.436 Phagocytosis p.436-438 15 Immunity 446-466 Insight 15.2 Breastfeeding p.468 Artificial Active Immunity p.469-470, table 15.4 13 Epidemiology 401-412 Insight 13.3 Stages of Infection p. 396Insight 20.2 Arthropod Vectors