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Many of the readings come from the course textbook, "Brock": Amazon logo Madigan, Michael, and John Martinko. Brock Biology of Microorganisms. 11th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. ISBN: 9780131443297.


LEC #TOPICSLECTURERSREADINGS
1Early Earth/Microbial EvolutionProf. Ed DeLongChapter 11 in Brock
2Cell Structure/FunctionProf. Ed DeLongChapter 4 in Brock
3Biological Energy ConservationProf. Ed DeLongChapters 5 and 17 in Brock
4Microbial GrowthProf. David SchauerChapter 6 in Brock
5Metabolic RegulationProf. Ed DeLong
6VirologyProf. David SchauerChapter 9 in Brock
7Information Flow in Biological SystemsProf. Ed DeLongChapter 10 in Brock
Midterm I
8Regulation of Cell ActivityProf. Ed DeLongChapter 8 in Brock
9Genetic Exchange in BacteriaProf. Ed DeLong
10Experimental Evolution: Optimization of Metabolic SystemsGuest Lecturer, Prof. Christopher Marx from HarvardMarx, Christopher J., Stephen J. Van Dien, and Mary E. Lidstrom. "Flux Analysis Uncovers Key Role of Functional Redundancy in Formaldehyde Metabolism." PLOS Biology 3 (2005): 244-253. (PDF)
11Genomics IProf. Ed DeLongChapter 15 in Brock
12Genomics IIProf. Ed DeLongChapter 15 in Brock
13Metabolic Diversity IProf. Ed DeLongChapter 17 in Brock
14Metabolic Diversity IIProf. Ed DeLongChapter 17 in Brock
15Microbial EcologyProf. Ed DeLongChapter 19 in Brock
Midterm II
16Microbial Growth ControlProf. David SchauerChapter 20 in Brock
17Microbe-host InteractionsProf. David Schauer

Chapter 21 in Brock

Backhed, Fredrik, et al. "Host-Bacterial Mutualism in the Human Intestine." Science 307 (2005): 1915-1920.

18Immunology IMegan McBeeChapters 22 and 23 in Brock
19Immunology IIMegan McBee
20Diagnostic MicrobiologyProf. David SchauerChapters 21 and 24 in Brock
21Person-to-person TransmissionProf. David SchauerChapter 25 in Brock
22EpidemiologyMegan McBeeChapter 26 in Brock
23Animal- and Arthropod-transmitted DiseasesProf. David SchauerChapter 27 in Brock
24ReviewProf. David SchauerChapters 28 and 29 in Brock
Final Exam



Other Readings


Backhed, Fredrik, et al. "Host-Bacterial Mutualism in the Human Intestine." Science 307 (2005): 1915-1920.

Berg, Howard. "Motile Behavior of Bacteria." Physics Today on the Web (January 2000).

Galan, Jorge E., and Hans Wolf-Watz. "Protein Delivery into Eukaryotic Cells by Type III Secretion Machines." Nature 444 (2006): 567-573.

Jetten, Mike S. M., et al. "Microbiology and Application of the Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation (‘Anammox’) Process." Environmental Biotechnology 12 (2001): 283-288.

Lovley, Derek R. "Bug Juice: Harvesting Electricity with Microorganisms." Nature Reviews Microbiology 4 (2006): 497-508.

Marx, Christopher J., Stephen J. Van Dien, and Mary E. Lidstrom. "Flux Analysis Uncovers Key Role of Functional Redundancy in Formaldehyde Metabolism." PLOS Biology 3 (2005): 244-253. (PDF)

Moran, Nancy A., Fordon R. Plague, Jonas P. Sandstro, and Jennifer L. Wilcox. "A Genomic Perspective on Nutrient Provisioning by Bacterial Symbionts of Insects." PNAS 100 (2003): 14543-14548.

Nakabachi, Atsushi, et al. "The 160-Kilobase Genome of the Bacterial Endosymbiont Carsonella." Science 314 (2006): 267.

Pace, Norman R. "Time for a Change." Nature 441 (2006): 289.

Purcell, E. M. "Life at Low Reynolds Number." American Journal of Physics 45 (1977): 3-11.

Santiago, F. Elena, and Richard E. Lenski. "Evolution Experiments with Microorganisms: The Dynamics and Genetic Bases of Adaptation." Nature Reviews Genetics 4 (2003): 457-469.

Tamas, Ivica, et al. "50 Million Years of Genomic Stasis in Endosymbiotic Bacteria." Science 296 (2002): 2376-2379.

Wu, Dongying, et al. "Metabolic Complementarity and Genomics of the Dual Bacterial Symbiosis of Sharpshooters." PLOS Biology 4 (2006): 1079-1092. (PDF - 1.0 MB)


 








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