MCB 3020 General  Microbiology

                  Welcome to the Microbial World, Your World

Spring - 2014        Lectures MWF 11:00-11:50  SIPA 125

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Instructor: John Makemson - Office (OE246/247) Hours: MTWThF  9-10AM) + and other times by appointment.  For questions, comments PLEASE send e-mail to makemson or or phone for an appointment: 305-348-1907

TEXTBOOK and iClicker:  Text: Madigan et al., Brock: Biology of Microorganisms, 13th Edition. Pearson Publishing.  FIU Bookstore sells the Loose Leaf edition (Suggested Retail price $134.27)   From the publisher you can get the e-book ($82.99) to your computer; check with Pearson.com for the details).  You can get a good price on a used book on half.com or ebay or other Web booksellers.  In Fall 2014, the published expects to come out with the 14th Edition.

iClickers:   iClickers are for sale in the bookstore; and you can get used ones.  Your iClicker needs to be registered, so make sure the iClicker ID number on the back of the instrument is readable, during the first week of class you will need to register your iClicker through the iClicker website.  The results of iClicker use as well as your Exam grades will be transfered to the course's Blackboard site. 

CLASS LECTURES:  The lectures will include the use of i-Clickers in problem solving and lecture quiz questions (these are signfiicant, see grading below).

PLEASE use the Textbook's End of Chapter Problems and Review Questions for practice exams (multiple choice and written) for each chapter.  And, MOST IMPORTANTLY test your knowledge out with the book closed well before the Classes and  Exams.  Exams will be equal parts multiple choice and written answer questions.

GRADING:  1.  Exams:  5 Exams, 100 points each  = 500 points.
                     2.  iClicker  answers in Class =               100 points.
                                               Total Possible Points = 600 points.

PEER LEAD TEAM LEARNING:  PLTL will be available for this class.  PLTL is an enhanced was to learn just about any subject and has an intrinsic value in that. PLTL is graded and if you elect to participate in PLTL, your PLTL grade will be adjusted to at maximum add 30 points to your score (5% of total points possible increase).

MISSED CLASSES or EXAMS:  missed classes or exams requuire a doctors note or other offical note explaining why you could not attend the class or exam.  Make up exams will be given for valid written excuses.  Make up classes (iClicker) will be done for valid written excuses in OE 246.

Student's Strategies For Success in General Microbiology  Science of STUDY Methods  

General Microbiology Laboratory Site

See Below for Practice Exams 

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Tentative Syllabus
Lecture slides are available by clicking on the lecture topic for each day.

Date	TOPICS	Class Preparation:  Do these well so that you can maximize your Clicker Question points.
Jan
6 M	Introduction and History, Ch 1	1.1 - 1.7   History is a way to introduce concepts and methods in microbiology.  It's not just dates.
8 W	Intro/History con't, Microscopy, Ch 1 + 2	1.7 - 1.10,  2.1 - 2.7  Know basics of microscopy and how each type works.
10 F	Prokaryotic Diversity, Ch 3	2.7 - 2.12
13 M	Prokaryotic Cell Structure, Ch 3	3.1 - 3.8    Make sure you know the chemical structure of cell parts.
15 W	Prokaryotic Cell Structure, con't, Ch 3	3.9 - 3.15  Make sure you know how cell structures benefit bacteria metabolically and ecologically.
17 F	Prokaryotic Cell Structure, con't, Ch 3	3.9-3-15  We will add in a little more about chemo- and photo-taxis
20 M	MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY
22 W	Bacterial Nutirition and Growth, Ch 4	4.1 - 4.7
24 F	Bacterial Nutrition and Growth, Ch 4	4.8 - 4.16
27 M	EXAM 1            Exam 1 Key
29 W	Growth and its Control, Ch 5	5.1 - 5.11  Make sure you can graph growth data on semi-log graph paper.
31 F	Growth and its Control, Ch 5	5.12 - 5.18
Feb
3 M	Regulation of Gene Expression, Ch 8	8.1 - 8.6  Make sure to relate these molecular mechanisms to the life of bacteria in nature.
5 W	Sensing-Signal Transduction and Sporulation, RNA based Regulation,  Ch 8	8.7 - 8.12, 8.14
7 F	Viruses, Ch 9	9.1 - 9.7
10 M	Viruses, Ch 9	9.8 - 9.15
12 W	Microbial Genetics Ch10	10.1, 10.5 - 10.11
14 F	Ch 10, con't
17 M	EXAM 2   Exam 2 Key
19 W	Cancelled Class
21 F	Microbes Interacting with Humans, Ch 27	27.1-27.13
24 M	Ch 27 con't	28.1 - 28.10
26 W	Immunity and Host Defense, Ch 28
28 F	Ch 28 con't
Mar
3 M	Immune Mechanisms, Ch 29
5 W	Diagnostic Microbiology and Immunology, Ch 31	31.1-31.13
7 F	Ch 31 con't
10 -15	SPRING BREAK
17 M	Epidemiology, Ch 32	32.1-32.12
19 W	Human Transmitted Diseases, Ch 33
21 F	Ch 33 con't
24 M	EXAM 3    Exam 3 Key
26 W	Ch 33 con't
28 F	Soil and Vector Borne Diseases, Ch 34	34.1-34.9
31 M	Common Source Infectious Diseases, Ch 35	35-1 - 35.5  and 35.7 and 35.8
Apr
2 W	Foodborne Microbial Diseases, Ch 36	36.4-36.12
4 F	Control of Microbial Growth, Ch 26	26.1-26.9
7 M	Ch 26, con't
9 W	Commercial Products and Biotech, Ch 15	15.1-15.9
11 F	Microbial Ecology, Ch 22	22.1-22.10
14 M	EXAM 4    Exam 4 Key
16 W	Nutrient Cycles, Biodegredation, Ch 24	24.1 - 24.10
18 F	Microbial Symbioses, Ch 25	25.1 - 25.14
23 W	FINAL EXAM    9:45-11:45 AM	NOTE thisTIME is DIFFERENT than CLASS TIME