CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Cell 422: Microbiology

Professor David A. Mullin
Office 2000 Stern Hall
damullin@tulane.edu

Topics

1. Scope, perspective, and history
2. Microbiological methods, sterilization, and disinfection
3. Microscopy
4. Bacterial cell architecture, and motility
5. Microbial growth, nutrition, and kinetics
6. Microbial metabolism: Energetics, fermentation, and respiration
7. Microbial transformations of nitrogen, phosphorous, and sulfur
8. Microbial genomics, genetic exchange, transposons
9. Medical microbiology
10. Immunology: Innate and acquired
11. Antibiotics and antimicrobial agents
12. Microbial taxonomy
13. The Archaea and bacteria
14. The microbial eukaryotes: fungi, algae, and protozoa
15. The viruses
    

Each exam counts as 33 1/3 % of the total grade. Homework assignments will be used to decide borderline grades. Late homework will not be accepted. If you miss an exam you will be allowed to take a makeup exam only if you contact me prior to the time of the exam and get my approval.

As a reminder:The Tulane University Honor Code stipulates that ALL ACADEMIC WORK MUST BE THE RESULT OF THE STUDENT'S OWN EFFORTS.