Reading Assignments
MCB 229. Spring 2000. Univ. of Conn.
Professor Thomas M. Terry
Last revised: Wednesday, April 19, 2000

Topics will be covered in the following sequence. Required reading in Microbiology, 4th Ed., by Prescott et al is listed. Lecture notes can be accessed by clicking on each topic.

Access to Study Guides

Date	Topic	Reading
Th 1/27	Introduction to Microbiology Study Guide 1 -- see next lecture	Preface Ch. 1
Tu 2/1	Microscopy. Procaryote anatomy: membranes & internal structures.	Ch. 2 Ch. 3 (p. 37-51)
Th 2/3	Procaryote anatomy: cell envelope, motility, endospores	Ch. 3 (p. 51-69)
Tu 2/8	Eucaryotic structure. Fungi	Ch. 4 Ch.25 (p. 523-530; skim rest)
Th 2/10	Microbial Nutrition Microbial Growth	Ch. 5 Ch. 6
Tu 2/15	Control of Microbial Growth Metabolism: introduction	Ch. 7 Ch. 8
Th 2/17	Metabolism: glycolysis & fermentation	Ch. 9 (p. 164-168; 174-176)
Tu 2/22	Metabolism: aerobic & anaerobic respiration	Ch. 9 (p. 169-174; 176-179)
Th 2/24	Metabolism: aerobic & anaerobic respiration (cont from previous lecture).	no new reading
Tu 2/29	EXAM #1
Th 3/2	Metabolism: autotrophs (chemolithotrophs & phototrophs) Note: quiz on this material has already been completed. No new quiz for today.	Ch. 9 (p. 179-187) Ch. 10 (p. 193-195)
Tu 3/7	Metabolism: some anabolic pathways Microbial Ecology & Nutrient Cycling	Ch. 10 (p. 191-193; 196-203; 206-208) Ch. 40 (pp. 832-844)
Th 3/9	DNA Replication & RNA Transcription	Ch. 11 (p. 212-225)
Tu 3/14	Translation & the Genetic Code	Ch. 11 (p. 226-233) Chapter 13 (p. 258-262)
Th 3/16	Regulation of Metabolism	Ch. 12 (p. 237-250)
3/18-26	SPRING RECESS
Tu 3/28	Microbial Evolution & Taxonomy	Ch. 19
Th 3/30	Microbial genetics: general principles	Ch. 13
Tu 4/4	Microbial genetics: recombination and plasmids	Ch. 14
Th 4/6	Viruses: general principles. Bacteriophages	Ch. 16, 17
Tu 4/11	EXAM #2
Th 4/13	Animal Viruses	Ch. 18
Tu 4/18	Symbiosis & Normal Microbiota	Ch. 28
Th 4/20	Parasitism. Mechanisms of Pathogenicity	Ch. 29 (p. 581-591)
Tu 4/25	Selected bacterial diseases	Ch. 37, 38 (see study guide 20)
Th 4/27	Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Nonspecific Host Defenses	Ch. 33 Ch. 29 (p. 591-602)
Tu 5/2	Immune Response: Antigens & Antibodies	Ch. 30
Th 5/4	Immune Response: B- and T-cell biology	Ch. 31
Tu 5/9	Epidemiology & Public Health Microbiology	Ch. 35
Sat 5/13	Final Exam: 1 p.m., TLS 154