Human Anatomy And Physiology II (BIOLOGY 2420)

Houston Community College

Microbiology

(Biol. 2420). 8-week Course

IN-Person LABS Required

Instructor: Dr. Perry

 

Textbook:

Kathleen Park Talaro. 2006.  Microbiology (9 edition). Wm. C. Brown

​ Publishers/ McGraw Hill. (Use any recent edition)

Lab Manual: A Laboratory Manual: Microbiology HCCS

​ Publishing.

NOTE: Textbook ,Lab attendance and Lab Manual are both required

Test Dates: every other Thursday. Test 1&2 will be in person. All others can be taken online.

Extra Credit Reports:  10 points on your lowest grade for a 10 minute coverage of assigned topics.

They must be presented to the class at the beginning of the lab periods.

Then ,if asked , we will do textbook chapter presentations by groups of 3.

HCC: the HCC SPLOs will be handed out during Orientation.

Hints for

Success : Read all of the assigned chapters as early as possible.

Outline all chapters for understanding.

Review your notes often for the exams. This increases your passing rate and grade.

Class Rules 1. Email me at [email protected] as soon as you have read these instructions,

so that I will have your correct email  address and an alternate way of communication.

Tell me about yourself, your goals and anything else that you want me to know.

2. Put your cell phone on vibrate before entering the room.

No cell phones may sound in my class. I will take off 10 points from your lecture exam grade every time

that this happens.

3. No gum chewing in class.

4. Do not disturb or interrupt the instructor during class for any reason.

5. Raise your hand to be recognized and wait until you have permission to talk.

6. You are always free to go to the restroom during lab time.

7. You must place ALL lab items back into the cabinets and clean up. When you finish, you may leave.

8. Any absence should be discussed with the instructor.

9.  I also prefer this email address to the class email. I read this one several times a day.

10. I also prefer that you call me with your concerns at 713-718-8048. Leave a brief message.

URGENT NOTICE:

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Take the chapter exams only when you are supposed to have access and are ready.

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Lecture coverage is done by self-study utilizing online

course resources along with the textbook are allowed.

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Do not open the lecture exams until it is time for you to take it

because the clock starts on the test and you cannot re-enter it.

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Timed exams can only be attempted once.  No exceptions orredos allowed.

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Once you have opened an exam, you cannot leave it or go overthe allotted time.

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No second chances at tests will be given. F will be given for that test.

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Students who miss 2 labs for any reason are automatically dropped from the course.

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Students who miss any exam are automatically dropped from the course.

 

CLASS ACTIVITIES/ SYLLABUS (Textbook Chapters are in bold print )

​ 1​ The Main Themes of Microbiology

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ORIENTATION TO LAB and Distance Education

3​Tools of the Laboratory: Methods for Studying

​​​​Microorganisms (continued)

​ 4​Prokaryotic Profiles: The Bacteria and Archaea

​​ Lab. Exercise 1: Care and Use of the Microscope

​​ Lab. Exercise 2:  Smear Preparation, Simple Staining and Bacterial Morphology

​ ​ Lab. Exercise 3: Negative Staining Method

​ 5​Eukaryotic Cells and Microorganisms

6​An Introduction to the Viruses

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Lab. Exercise 4: Isolation of Bacteria

Lab. Exercise 5   Gram Staining

​​​Lab. Exercise 6:  Acid-fast Staining

 

​​ First Lecture Exam (Chapters 1, 3, 4)

 

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​​​Lab. Exercise 7:  Bacterial Endospores

​ ​ Lab. Exercise 8:  Bacterial Capsules

​​​Lab. Exercise 9:  Bacterial Flagella and Motility Testing

​ 7         Elements of Microbial Nutrition, Ecology, and Growth

​ 9​Microbial Genetics

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Lab. Exercise 10:  Selective, Differential and Enriched Media

Lab. Exercise 11:  Gas Requirements for the Growth of Bacteria​

​​​Lab. Exercise 12: Counting Bacteria in Milk using the Pour Plate Method

​​​Lab. Exercise 13:  Effects of Heat

​​ Second Lecture Exam (Chapters 5, 6, 7,9)

Lab Exercise   14: Effects of Chemicals

Lab. Exercise 15: Carbohydrate Fermentation by Bacteria 1

​​ ​Lab. Exercise 16: Triple Sugar Iron (TSI) Fermentation

​​​Lab. Exercise 17:  The IMViC Biochemical Tests

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10        Genetic Engineering: A Revolution in Molecular Biology

11       Physical and Chemical Control of Microbes

12   Drugs, Microbes, Host----The Elements of Chemotherapy

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​​ Lab. Exercise 18:    Rapid and Miniaturized Methods of Identification

Of Bacteria

​​ Lab. Exercise 19:   Bacteriophages

Lab. Exercise 20: Immune System: White Blood Cells

​​ Lab. Exercise 21: Antibiotic Sensitivity Testing: Kirby-Bauer Method

Midterm Lab Exam. (Tentative)

​ 13      Microbe----Human Interactions: Infection and Disease

14​The Nature of Host Defenses

15      The Acquisition of Specific Immunity and Its Applications

Lab17-21   View lab results and complete reports

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Third Lecture Exam (10, 11, 12, 13)

16​Immunization and Immune Assays

17​Disorders in Immunity

​​ Lab Final Exam   (Turn in manuals. I only return them upon written request)

 

​ Lecture Final Exam (Chapters 14, 15, 16, 17)

NOTE: This is a tentative schedule and subject to modification.

You will be notified by email and reminded in lab of such changes.

 

I am honored to have you in my class.  Call me at 713-718-8048 for any issues. Use my preferred email address.