MCB 300: Microbiology

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1 Course Web Site: Instructors: Gary Steven 383 Morrill Hall 302 Burrill Hall Th: 3-3:50pm in 383 Morrill Hall Th: 3-3:50pm in 302 Burrill Hall Course Coordinator: Renee Alt 232A Burrill Hall Teaching Assistant D Feau Lieu Office Hour: rlalt@illinois.edu Tu and Wed: 9-10am in 101 Burrill Hall (Learning Center) or by appointment Textbook The textbook for this course is Brock: Biology of Microorganisms by Madigan, Martinko, Stahl and Clark, Pearson Education, Inc., 2015 (14th edition). E-book versions (web or downloadable) can be purchased from the publisher ( for less than the price of the hardcover version. A copy of the textbook is also on reserve at the Undergraduate Library and the Learning Center (101 Burrill Hall). Note: Although all material on exams will be covered in lecture, the textbook is strongly recommended reading for enhanced understanding of the course material. Course Policies: All students are assumed to have read and understood the Code of Policies and Regulations Applying to All Students, University of Illinois, and will be expected to act accordingly. The Code is available online at: Disabilities and Religious Observances: Please contact the course coordinator during the first week of classes to make requests for disability accommodations or observation of religious holidays.

2 Wed Jan 21 Lecture 1 Course Introduction Careers in Microbiology Fri Jan 23 Lecture 2 The Microbial World Mon Jan 26 Lecture 3 The P Word Wed Jan 28 Lecture 4 The P Word (cont) Fri Jan 30 Lecture 5 On Being Small Quiz 1 opens at 11am and closes at 10am on 2/2 Covers Lectures 2-5 Mon Feb 2 Lecture 6 Microbial Cell Structure Wed Feb 4 Lecture 7 Microbial Cell Structure (cont) Fri Feb 6 Lecture 8 Microbial Cell Structure (cont) Microbial Growth and Replication Quiz 2 opens at 11am and closes at 10am on 2/9 Covers Lectures 6-8 (Microbial Cell Structure) Mon Feb 9 Lecture 9 Microbial Growth and Replication (cont) Wed Feb 11 Lecture 10 Microbial Growth and Replication (cont) Fri Feb 13 Lecture 11 Microbial Physiology Mon Feb 16 Exam 1 Covers Lectures 2-10 Wed Feb 18 Lecture 12 Microbial Physiology (cont) Fri Feb 20 Lecture 13 Microbial Physiology (cont) Quiz 3 opens at 11am and closes at 10am on 2/23 Covers Lectures Mon Feb 23 Lecture 14 Photosynthesis Wed Feb 25 Lecture 15 Photosynthesis (cont)

3 Fri Feb 27 Lecture 16 Photosynthesis (cont) Quiz 4 opens at 11am and closes at 10am on 3/2 Covers Lectures Mon Mar 2 Lecture 17 Life Without Air: Fermentation Wed Mar 4 Lecture 18 Life Without Air: Respiration Fri Mar 6 Lecture 19 Methanogenesis and Syntrophy Quiz 5 opens at 11am and closes at 10am on 3/9 Covers Lectures Mon Mar 9 Lecture 20 Chemolithotrophy Wed Mar 11 Exam 2 Covers Lectures Fri Mar 13 Lecture 21 Who lives in and around us? Nature of microbial communities. Drop Deadline Mon Mar 16 Lecture 22 Who lives in and around us? Culture independent techniques. Wed Mar 18 Lecture 23 How do microbial communities change? Genomics, evolution and horizontal gene transfer. Fri Mar 20 Lecture 24 Quiz 6 opens at 11am and closes at 10am on 3/20 Covers Lectures How do microbial communities change? Viruses of microbes and other genetic elements. Mon Mar 23 Spring Break No Class Wed Mar 25 Spring Break No Class Fri Mar 27 Spring Break No Class Mon Mar 30 Lecture 25 Who lives in and around us? The Human

4 Microbiome (1) Wed Apr 1 Lecture 26 Fri Apr 3 Lecture 27 Mon Apr 6 Lecture 28 Wed Apr 8 Lecture 29 Who lives in and around us? The Human Microbiome (2) Quiz 7 opens at 11am and closes at 10am on 4/3 Covers Lectures Microbial Pathogenesis: Introduction to the infection process Host Defenses: Barriers Host Defenses: Innate defenses Quiz 8 opens at 11am and closes at 10am on 4/10 Covers Lectures Fri Apr 10 Lecture 30 Host Defenses: Adaptive defenses Mon Apr 13 Exam 3 Covers Lectures Wed Apr 15 Lecture 31 Measuring Virulence: Koch's Postulates, infection models, identifying virulence factors Fri Apr 17 Lecture 32 Bacterial Infections: Colonization, immune evasion, and establishing an infection Mon Apr 20 Lecture 33 Bacterial Infections: Invasion, intracellular survival, dissemination and transmission Wed Apr 22 Lecture 34 Fri Apr 24 Lecture 35 Bacterial Infections: Toxins Quiz 9 opens at 11am and closes at 10am on 4/24 Covers Lectures Bacterial Infections: Effectors, virulence factor delivery Mon Apr 27 Lecture 36 Controlling Bacterial Infections: Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance

5 Wed Apr 29 Lecture 37 Viral Infections: Viral-host interactions, DNA viruses Fri May 1 Lecture 38 Viral Infections: RNA viruses, retroviruses - 1 Mon May 4 Lecture 39 Wed May 6 Lecture 40 Eukaryotic Pathogen Infections: fungal mycoses and parasites Quiz 10 opens at 11am and closes at 10am on 5/6 Covers Lectures Preventing Infectious Diseases: Vaccines and other strategies. Thurs May 7 Reading Day No Class Tues May 12 Final Exam 7-10pm Room Assignments TBA Covers Lectures 31-40