11th Hour Introduction to Microbiology

Introduction to
Microbiology......Page 2
CONTENTS......Page 8
11th Hour Guide to Success......Page 12
Preface......Page 13
Unit I: Structure, Physiology, and Control of Microorganisms......Page 16
TOPIC 1: THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND MICROBIOLOGY AS A SCIENCE......Page 18
TOPIC 2: WHAT ARE PROKARYOTES AND VIRUSES?......Page 20
TOPIC 3: IMPORTANT EARLY EVENTS IN MICROBIOLOGY......Page 22
TOPIC 1: OXIDATION/REDUCTION REACTIONS......Page 28
TOPIC 2: REDUCTION POTENTIAL: A MEASURE OF ENERGY AVAILABLE FROM OXIDATION/REDUCTION REACTIONS......Page 30
TOPIC 3: NUCLEIC ACIDS, PROTEINS, AND LIPIDS: STRUCTURES AND ROLES......Page 33
TOPIC 1: SHAPES AND SURFACE STRUCTURES OF BACTERIA......Page 39
TOPIC 2: THE BACTERIAL CYTOPLASMIC MEMBRANE: PROPERTIES AND TRANSPORT SYSTEMS......Page 43
TOPIC 3: STRUCTURES FOUND IN THE CYTOPLASM OF BACTERIA......Page 46
TOPIC 1: QUANTIFYING BACTERIAL GROWTH......Page 52
TOPIC 2: ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON GROWTH......Page 55
TOPIC 3: BACTERIAL GROWTH IN BATCH CULTURE AND CONTINUOUS CULTURE......Page 58
TOPIC 1: OVERVIEW OF ENERGY METABOLISM AND CLASSIFICATION OF BACTERIA ACCORDING TO SOURCES OF ENERGY, ELECTRONS, AND CARBON......Page 66
TOPIC 2: ENERGY FROM OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION AND SUBSTRATE LEVEL PHOSPHORYLATION......Page 69
TOPIC 3: ENERGY FROM LIGHT: PHOTOPHOSPHORYLATION......Page 71
TOPIC 1: GLYCOLYSIS......Page 77
TOPIC 2: ENTNER-DUODOROFF PATHWAY......Page 80
TOPIC 3: TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE......Page 83
TOPIC 4: CATABOLISM OF PROTEINS AND LIPIDS......Page 86
TOPIC 1: PHENETIC AND PHYLOGENIC SYSTEMS......Page 92
TOPIC 2: MATCHING COEFFICIENTS FOR RELATING ORGANISMS AND CONSTRUCTING DENDROGRAMS......Page 94
TOPIC 3: USE OF rRNA GENES IN PHYLOGENIC SYSTEMS......Page 96
TOPIC 4: DOMAINS......Page 97
TOPIC 1: INHIBITORS OR KILLERS......Page 103
TOPIC 2: KINETICS OF KILLING BY AGENTS......Page 104
TOPIC 3: PHYSICAL AGENTS......Page 107
TOPIC 4: CHEMICAL AGENTS......Page 108
TOPIC 1: STRUCTURE, SHAPE, AND SPECIFICITY OF VIRUSES......Page 114
TOPIC 2: VIRULENT AND TEMPERATE BACTERIOPHAGE: LIFE CYCLES......Page 117
TOPIC 3: ANIMAL VIRUSES......Page 119
TOPIC 4: VIRINOS, VIROIDS, PRIONS, AND OTHER SUBVIRAL PARTICLES......Page 121
Unit II: Microbial Genetics......Page 126
TOPIC 1: REPLICATION, TRANSCRIPTION, AND TRANSLATION IN PROKARYOTES......Page 128
TOPIC 2: CONTROL OF EXPRESSION AT THE TRANSCRIPTIONAL LEVEL......Page 133
TOPIC 3: POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL: CONTROL OF EXPRESSION AT THE TRANSLATIONAL LEVEL......Page 136
TOPIC 4: POSTTRANSLATIONAL CONTROL: CONTROL OF ENZYME ACTIVITY......Page 138
TOPIC 1: PLASMIDS AND TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS......Page 145
TOPIC 2: GENETIC RECOMBINATION......Page 148
TOPIC 3: CONJUGATION......Page 149
TOPIC 4: TRANSFORMATION......Page 151
TOPIC 5: TRANSDUCTION......Page 153
Midterm Exam......Page 161
Unit III: Medical Microbiology, Immunology, Environmental and Applied Microbiology......Page 168
TOPIC 1: COMMENSALISM, MUTUALISM, AND PARASITISM......Page 170
TOPIC 2: TYPES OF PATHOGENS......Page 173
TOPIC 3: PROPERTIES THAT DETERMINE THE DEGREE OF VIRULENCE OF AN ORGANISM......Page 174
TOPIC 4: SOURCE AND ROUTE OF SPREADING OF MICROBIAL PATHOGENS......Page 176
TOPIC 5: EPIDEMIOLOGY: CAUSES AND DISTRIBUTIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES......Page 178
TOPIC 1: PHYSICAL BARRIERS......Page 184
TOPIC 2: CHEMICAL BARRIERS......Page 186
TOPIC 3: BIOLOGIC BARRIERS......Page 188
TOPIC 1: PROPERTIES OF ANTIGENS AND ANTIBODIES......Page 193
TOPIC 2: PROPERTIES OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM......Page 196
TOPIC 3: TYPES OF IMMUNITY (ACTIVE AND PASSIVE)......Page 198
TOPIC 4: BIOLOGY OF THE LYMPHOID SYSTEM......Page 201
TOPIC 5: GENETICS OF ANTIBODY FORMATION AND DIVERSITY......Page 203
TOPIC 1: ACTIVATION AND RESPONSE OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM......Page 210
TOPIC 2: HYPERSENSITIVITIES: TYPES I, II, III, AND IV......Page 216
TOPIC 3: AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES......Page 218
TOPIC 4: MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY PRODUCTION BY HYBRIDOMA CELLS......Page 219
TOPIC 5: SEROLOGY......Page 221
TOPIC 1: BACTERIAL PATHOGENS TRANSMITTED PRIMARILY BY THE AIRBORNE ROUTE......Page 229
TOPIC 2: BACTERIAL PATHOGENS TRANSMITTED PRIMARILY BY CONTAMINATED WATER OR FOOD......Page 232
TOPIC 3: BACTERIAL PATHOGENS TRANSMITTED PRIMARILY BY DIRECT CONTACT......Page 235
TOPIC 4: BACTERIAL PATHOGENS TRANSMITTED PRIMARILY BY ARTHROPODS AND THROUGH WOUNDS......Page 237
TOPIC 1: VIRUSES TRANSMITTED PRIMARILY BY THE AIRBORNE ROUTE......Page 243
TOPIC 2: VIRUSES TRANSMITTED PRIMARILY BY CONTAMINATED WATER OR FOOD......Page 245
TOPIC 3: VIRUSES TRANSMITTED PRIMARILY BY DIRECT CONTACT......Page 247
TOPIC 4: VIRUSES TRANSMITTED PRIMARILY BY ARTHROPODS AND THROUGH WOUNDS......Page 250
TOPIC 1: OVERVIEW OF THE BIOLOGY OF FUNGI, PROTOZOA, AND ALGAE......Page 257
TOPIC 2: INFECTIOUS DISEASES CAUSED BY FUNGI......Page 260
TOPIC 3: DISEASES CAUSED BY PROTOZOA AND ALGAE......Page 263
TOPIC 1: BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES: CARBON, NITROGEN, SULFUR, AND IRON CYCLES......Page 269
TOPIC 2: EXTREMOPHILES: THEIR OCCURRENCE AND ACTIVITIES IN THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 272
TOPIC 3: HARMFUL AND BENEFICIAL ACTIONS OF MICROORGANISMS IN THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 273
TOPIC 1: RECOMBINANT DNA METHODOLOGY......Page 279
TOPIC 2: APPLICATIONS: AGRICULTURE, ENERGY PRODUCTION, AND MEDICINE......Page 283
Final Exam......Page 288
Index......Page 298