MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY (MICR 4214/5214)
Tentative Lecture Calendar
| Date | Subject | Reading |
| I | PRINCIPLES OF MICROBIOLOGY | |
| Aug 15 | Course Introduction | Chapter 1 |
| Aug 17 | Microbial Metabolism - Energetic and Enzymes | Chapter 3 |
| Aug 19 | Oxidation-reduction and Gibbs free energy | |
| Aug 22 | Oxidation-reduction and Gibbs free energy | |
| Aug 24 | Catabolic processes: Glycolysis and TCA cycle | |
| Aug 26 |
Respiration: electron carriers, proton motive force & energy conservation |
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| HW # 1 | Submit a brief review on proton motive force & energy conservation (Aug 29) | |
| Aug 29 | Microbial Growth –Quantitative aspect of microbial growth | Chapter 5 |
| Aug 31 | Microbial Growth –Environmental effects | |
| Sep 02 | Microbial Genomics – Investigating genomes | Chapter 6A |
| Sep 05 | University holiday | |
| Sep 07 | Microbial Genomics – Genome size and content | |
| Sep 09 | Functional genomics (microarrays, transcriptomic, proteomic) | Chapter 6B |
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| HW # 2 | Submit a brief review on microarray technology (Sept 12) | |
| II | MICROBIAL EVOLUTION | |
| Sep 12 |
Microbial Evolution and Systematics: Early earth, the origin and diversification of life |
Chapter 12A |
| Sep 14 | Early earth, the origin and diversification of life | |
| Sep 16 | Molecular phylogeny and the tree of life | Chapter 12B |
| Sep 19 | Microbial systematics | Chapter 12C |
| Sep 21 | Microbial systematics | |
| Sep 23 | Mid-Term Exam -1 | |
| III | METABOLIC DIVERSITY | |
| Sep 26 | Microbial Diversity of Microorganisms –The phototrophy | Chapter 13a |
| Sep 28 | Anoxygenic and oxygenic photosynthesis | |
| Sep 30 | Autotrophic pathways | |
| Oct 03 | Chemolithotrophy – Energetics | Chapter 13b |
| Oct 05 | Chemolithotrophy – Energetics | |
| Oct 07 | Fermentation | Chapter 13C |
| Oct 10 | Anaerobic respiration | Chapter 13d |
| Oct 12 | Anaerobic respiration |
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| Oct 14 | Fall Break | |
| HW # 3 | Submit a brief synopsis on chemolithotrophy (Oct 17) | |
| Oct 17 | Diversity of Bacteria –The proteobacteria | Chapter 15 |
| Oct 19 | The proteobacteria | |
| Oct 21 | The proteobacteria | |
| Oct 24 | Gram positive –Firmicutes, Tenericutes, and Actinobacteroa | Chapter 15b |
| Oct 26 | Gram positive –Firmicutes, Tenericutes, and Actinobacteroa | |
| Oct 28 | Gram positive –Firmicutes, Tenericutes, and Actinobacteroa | |
| Oct 31 | Mid-Term Exam # 2 | |
| Nov 02 | Hyperthermophilic and other bacteria | Chapter 15 C |
| Nov 04 | Diversity of Archaea - Euryarchaeota | Chapter 16 |
| Nov 07 | Euryarchaeota | |
| Nov 09 | Crenarchaeota | |
| Nov 11 | Evolution and life at high temperature | |
| HW # 4 | Submit a synopsis on archaeal diversity (Nov 14) | |
| IV | MICROBIAL DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY | |
| Nov 14 | Methods in Microbial Ecology-Culture Independent | Chapter 18 |
| Nov 16 | Methods in Microbial Ecology- Culture Independent | |
| Nov 18 |
Mcrobial Ecosystems-microenvironments, biofilms & microbial matsMi |
Chapter 19a |
| Nov 21 | Microbial Ecosystems –phototrophs, bacteria, archaea, viruses |
Chapter 19b |
| Nov 23 | Thankgiving | |
| Nov 25 | University Holiday | |
| HW # 5 | Submit a synopsis on molecular analysis of microbial communities (Nov 28) | |
| V | MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY | |
| Nov 28 | The marine environment –Deep sea and deep-sea sediments | |
| Nov 30 | Nutrient Cycles –Carbon and nitrogen | Chapter 20 |
| Dec 02 | Review | |
| Dec 05 | Final Exam: 10 - 11.50 AM |
