BIO 1625

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BIO 1625 HOW MICROBES RULE THE WORLD SPRING
2003Dr. John Friede Mendel 151
9-4833 Office Hours By appointment
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Text Microbes and Society by
Alcamo Attendance at your discretion
Laboratory attendance is mandatory Grades based
on the total points accumulated Academic
Integrity Violations will not be tolerated.
The penalty may be severe. It is your duty
to follow appropriate procedures.
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Written work Paper on topic in microbiology
10 pages of text, double spaced margins 1 on
each side font 10-12 point topic title
due draft due final copy due
April 22 Other written work 4-5 one-page
case study analyses
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MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS Development of the
Microscope Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
1670s Dispelling of spontaneous
generation Francesco Redi Louis Pasteur
1850s John Tyndall - 1877 Germ theory of
disease Bassi 1835 Berkeley - 1845 Robert
Koch 1870s Adoption of Aseptic
Technique Joseph Lister 1860s
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MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS Vaccination
Immunology Edward Jenner 1780s
90s Discovery of sulfa drugs penicillin
1930s
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Microbes Humans Bad guys get the press
infectious disease food-borne illnesses
pollution Good guys have beneficial
relationship normal flora recycle
elements sewage treatment
bioremediation insect control food
production pharmaceuticals
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Microbes Humans Microbes as tools - genetic
engineering the newest technology! clean
vaccines - egg allergies new antibiotics
antibodies gene therapy
bioremediation advances pharmaceuticals
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MICROBIOLOGY - the study of little
things VIROLOGY - viruses BACTERIOLOGY -
bacteria MYCOLOGY - fungi and
yeast PROTOZOOLOGY - protozoa PARASITOLOGY I
MMUNOLOGY