General Microbiology
  Spring 2013

 
Tortora
                Microbiology 11 edition
Leboffe
                and Pierce 2 edition

 

Add Policy
If you are interested in adding Biol 240 you should contact me (thomsonb@smccd.net)as soon as possible. I will maintain an electronic add list, ranked by date. You should email me with the following information: name, contact information, why you need to take Biol 240 this semester. I will not add people the first week of class.
 
 

Opening Day Course Handouts
Greensheet
Lecture Syllabus
Lab Syllabus
Lab Rules and Safety
Microscope Handling and Care Handout
 Extra Credit Microbial Picnic
Strawberry Lab Handout

 
 


 
Microbiology Tutoring   Learning Center 9-209A

 
 
Times/Day Monday Wednesday Thursday






 






Important Dates

 
2/04
Practice Exam
 2/20
Exam #1
 3/18
Exam #2
 4/22
Exam #3
 5/08
Microbial Picnic
 5/22
Final


Grading Policy and Student Conduct:

Late Work Policy

You have adequate time to research and write your assignments, and complete your labs. If you cannot meet the deadline you automatically deduct 25% of your grade. Assignments later than one week will not be accepted and will not be graded.

Student Conduct

Cheating includes copying and plagiarism. Copying another student’s work during exams, or reading from notes will result in confiscation of the exam, a zero for that particular exam, and you run the considerable risk of being expelled from the class. Students caught cheating may have this written on their academic record.
Plagiarism includes copying material directly out of a written source and claiming this work as your own. It also includes copying and pasting text directly from websites. Do not do this- this is also cheating. Use “quotation marks”, and cite sources where appropriate.

I hope that you enjoy the class and stay through to the final in December, but, if for any reason you have to drop the class, be sure that you actually drop the class, don't just stop turning up.  It is your responsibility to officially drop the class, and remove yourself from the official roster. Failure to do so may result in you receiving an F as a final grade.

Cañada College Policy on Academic Integrity


Study Guides and Studying for Exams
The 9 most common errors in taking exams
 Practice Exam - Hand in Lecture 2/04
Study Guide to Midterm 1
 Midterm Bombs Away
OK go on then Study Guide to Midterm 2
 Study Guide to Midterm 3
 Study Guide to In-class Final
 Take Home Cumulative Final - Go on then
 Final Grades

Printing Study Questions and Lecture Outlines
THINK GREEN!
Where possible try and print on both sides of the paper. Where printers that do not have this option print odd numbered pages first, 1,3,5....., then flip the pages over, put them back in the source tray and print even numbered pages :)

As you need to download the lecture outlines before class, they may be subject to small changes between the date they are uploaded to the website and the day of lecture. In any case you will have most of the material on most of the slides.


Data Sheet Questions
Template for Results Table
Example of completed Table of results through lab Grading 2
Grading Period 1
Grading Period 2 
Instructions for Formal Lab Write Up and UV Exposure Data March 25
Grading Period 3
 Grading Period 4
Eukaryote Diversity Show and Tell Instructions (April 8)
Eukaryote Diversity Data Sheet
Eukaryote Diversity Student Groups
Grading Period 5
Unknown Project Instructions and Rubric
 unknown project cheat sheet
Lactobacillus plantarum Results Table

 
 
Internet Resources; I have compiled a list of Microbiology websites that include background information, articles, and animations that will help you to understand the basic concepts covered in the textbook, and broaden the scope of your reading. Happy Surfing
Internet Resources by Chapter

Download Adobe Acrobat Reader for free to open and read pdf files
 

Lecture Outline.pdf
Study Questions.doc
Introduction to Course
Lecture 2 History of Microbiology 
Chapter 1
Lecture 3 Chemistry Chapter 2
Lecture 4 Microscopy
Chapter 3
Lecture 5 Prokaryote Form and Function
Chapter 4A (Prokaryotes)
Lecture 6 Eukaryote Form and Function
Chapter 4B (Eukaryotes)
 Lectures 7 and 8 Metabolism
Chapter 5
Lecture 9 Microbial Growth
Chapter 6 Microbial Growth
Lecture 10 Control of Microbial Growth
Chapter 7 Control of Microbial Growth
 Lectures 11  and 12  Microbial Genetics
Chapter 8 Bacterial Genetics
 Lecture 13 Biotechnology
Chapter 9 Biotechnology
 Lecture 14  Eukaryote Diversity Fungi and Algae
Chapter 12 Eukaryote Diversity
Lecture 15 Eukaryote Diversity Protists and Helminths

 Lectures 16 and 17 Viruses and Vaccinations
Chapter 13 Viruses and (18 Vaccinations)
Lecture 18 Epidemiology
Chapter 14 Epidemiology
Lecture 19 Microbial Pathogenicity
Chapter 15 Pathogenicity
 Lectures 20  Non Specific Defences
Chapter 16 Innate Immunity
 Lectures 21 and 22 Specific Immune System; Antibodies and  Cell Mediated Immunity
Chapter 17 Adaptive Immunity
 Lecture 23 Diseases of the Skin and Eyes
Chapter 21 Diseases of the Skin and Eyes
 Lecture 24  Diseases of the Nervous System
Chapter 22 Diseases of the Nervous System
 Lecture 25 and 26 Diseases of the Respiratory System
Chapter 24 Diseases of the Respiratory System
Lecture 27 Diseases of the Digestive System
Chapter 25 Diarrhea

 
 
 
 
 

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Last modified 12/24/2012