| Bio 351 | General Microbiology | Spring 2006 | |
| Date | Topic | Reading | |
| 1/18 | Introduction | 1 | |
| 1/20 | Overview of microbial life | 2 | |
| 1/23 | macromolecules | 3 | |
| 1/25 | macromolecules | 3 | |
| 1/27 | Cell Structure and Function | 4 | |
| 1/30 | Nutrition and Metabolism | 5 | |
| 2/1 | Growth | 6 | |
| 2/3 | DNA-RNA-Protein | 7, 485-495 | |
| 2/6 | Metabolic regulation | 8 | |
| 2/8 | Exam 1 | ||
| 2/10 | Growth | second part of ch. 6 | |
| 2/13 | DNA-RNA-Protein | 267-287 | |
| 2/15 | Metabolism | 533-545 | |
| 2/17 | Metabolism | 545-557 | |
| 2/20 | Metabolism | 557-577 | |
| 2/22 | Microbial Evolution and Systematics | 318-327 | |
| 2/24 | Viruses | 231-235, 250-254 | |
| 2/27 | Archaea | 420-426 | |
| 3/1 | Bacteria | 331-373 | |
| 3/3 | Bacteria | 374-394 | |
| 3/6 | Bacteria | 394-417 | |
| 3/8 | Exam II | ||
| 3/10 | Eukaryotes | 460-477 | |
| 3/20 | Ecology | 632-647 | |
| 3/22 | Ecology | 623-628 | |
| 3/24 | Ecology | 619-622, 656-666 | |
| 3/27 | Ecology | see webpage | |
| 3/29 | Extreme Environments | see webpage | |
| 3/31 | Cave Microbiology | see webpage | |
| 4/3 | Normal biota | 700-710 | |
| 4/5 | Pathogenicity | 710-724 | |
| 4/7 | Research Day | NO CLASS | |
| 4/10 | Exam III | ||
| 4/12 | Antimicrobials | 692-698 | |
| 4/14 | Epidemiology | 818-827 | |
| 4/17 | Viral Disease | see webpage | |
| 4/19 | Bacterial Disease | 848-858 | |
| 4/21 | Bacterial Disease | 890-895, 899-900 | |
| 4/24 | Fungal Disease | see webpage | |
| 4/26 | Protozoan Disease | see webpage | |
| 4/28 | Bioterrorism | see webpage | |
| 5/1 | Water Treatment and bioremediation | 907-914 | |
| 5/3 | Food and Industrial Microbiology | 924-930 | |
| 5/5 | catch-up and review | ||
| 10-May | FINAL EXAM | 12:30-2:30 |