The Instructor reserves the right to alter the course contents or policies as she deems necessary. It is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY to come to class and keep up with changes in the schedule. Do not rely on this schedule solely. This is a TENTATIVE schedule plan for the course.
| Dates | LECTURE TOPICS | CHAPTER READING | POWER POINTS | Lab
Labs will take place in C-21 |
| 1/8 -1/19 |
Lecture 1: Environmental Microbiology an Introduction | Chapter 19.1-19.3 and 19.11 | Lecture 1 | No Lab |
| 1/22-1/29 | Lecture
2: Environmental Microbiology Methods |
18 (Brock) and other papers |
Lecture 2.1 | Lab 1 on 1/19: Biofilms |
| 1/31-2/7 | Lecture 3: Metabolic Diversity | 17 (Brock) |
Lecture 3 |
No Lab |
| 2/9-2/16 | Lecture
4: Microbial Ecology
Introduce Water Quality Case Study |
19: sections 19.4-19.22 (skip 19.11) | Lecture 4 | No Lab |
| 2/19 | N-Cycle Exercise (complete preassigment) | |||
| 2/21 -2/23 | Lecture 5: Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Case Study | Use 28 (Brock) and other papers as reference | Lecture 5 | |
| 2/28-2/30 | Catch up and Review | |||
| 3/2 | Midterm Exam over lectures 1-5 | |||
| March 2 | Midterm: Last Day to Drop Without Academic Penalty | |||
| 3/12 | Water Treatment | Chapter 28.2-28.3 | Lecture 5.2 | |
| 3/14 and 16 | Lab | See protocol | Lab 2 on 3/14 and 3/16: Water Quality Assessment | |
| 3/19
and 3/21 Lab day: 3/23 |
Lecture 6: Introduction to Antibiotics | Chapter 20.6 to 20.13 | Lecture 6 | Lab 3 3/23, 3/28 and 4/4, 4/6: Isolation and Screening of Antibiotic producers from Soil |
| 3/26, Lab day: 3/28, 3/30, 4/4 and 4/6 |
Lecture 6.2: Antibiotics and other drugs | 20.6-20.13 | see lab above | |
| 4/2,
4/9
Lab day: 3/30 |
Lecture 7: Diagnostic Microbiology | 24 | Lecture 7 | Lab 4: Staphyloslide lab 3/30 |
| 4/11 and 4/13 | Student Poster Sessions: Food Festival | |||
| 4/16, 4/18 | Lecture 8: Bioremediation | Guest Lecture by Dr. Deshmukh | ||
| 4/20 | Lab Day |
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| 4/23-4/30 | Finish Lecture 7 | |||
| 4/30 | Catch up and Review | |||
| 5/4/07 | Final Exam over lectures 5-8 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | |||
