The readings on this website are derived
from
classroom lectures, fragments of lectures, and lecture sequences used in my
Bacteriology/Microbiology
courses taught at the University of Wisconsin. These lectures cover a broad
range of general topics, although they tend to emphasize general
microbiology
and microbial relationships with humans in health and disease.
Since I write my lectures out in long-hand text before I deliver them, it is possible (with a fair amount of editing) to reconstruct the lectures in this e-format. The figures, tables and images that accompany these readings were actually displayed during lectures and were provided to students as handouts. If you use my Online Textbook of Bacteriology you may notice that many of these lectures morphed into textbook chapters. This accounts for the style and the less than encyclopedic content of the online textbook.
Some topics, e.g. structure, nutrition, control of growth, metabolism, pathogenic mechanisms, medically-important bacteria, were likely presented in a series of 2-4 lecture periods. Other topics, such as B. cereus food poisoning, polio, measles, mumps, are snippets from more comprehensive lectures. Consequently, don't look for 50 or 75 minute bytes, and leave time for activities, questions and discussion, if appropriate.
This site is intended to be useful to
college students and teachers of
microbiology, to high school teachers for development of microbiology modules in science curricula, and to the curious public who may be googling their way
into the fascinating world of microbes.
If you are a current student in Microbiology 100, The Microbial World, you are provided with
additional
access to references, notes, powerpoint slides, study questions and learning aids,
through the course website at Learn@UW.
General
Microbiology and Bacteriology
Introduction
to the Microbial World
Effects
of Microbes on their Habitat
Chemical
and Molecular Composition of Microbial Cells
Origin,
Evolution and Classification of Microbial Life
Microbes
and the Cycles of Elements of Life
Overview
of Bacteriology
Structure
and Function of Bacterial Cells
Nutrition
and Growth of Bacteria
Growth
of Bacterial
Populations
Control
of Microbial Growth
Antimicrobial
Agents Used in the Treatment of Infectious Disease
Bacterial
Resistance to Antibiotics
Microbial
Metabolism
Regulation
of Metabolism in Bacteria
Archaea
and Bacteria
Lactococcus
lactis,
Wisconsin's State Microbe
Microbial
Interactions with Humans
The
Nature of Host-Parasite Interactions
The
Bacterial Flora of Humans
Bacterial
Structure in Relationship to Pathogenicity
Mechanisms
of Bacterial Pathogenicity
Bacteria
of Medical Importance
Bacterial Pathogens and Disease of Humans
Anthrax
Bacillus
cereus food poisoning
Botulism
Clostridium
perfringens and Clostridium difficile
Tetanus
Listeria
monocytogenes and
listeriosis
Gonorrhea
Haemophilus
influenzae and
Hib meningitis
Meningococcal
meningitis
Pertussis
(whooping cough)
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa
opportunistic infections
Vibrio
vulnificus
All About E.
coli
Cholera
Salmonella
and salmonellosis
Shigella
and shigellosis
Staphylococcus
and staphylococcal
disease
Streptococcus
pneumoniae and
pneumococcal disease
Streptococcus
pyogenes and
streptococcal disease
Diphtheria
Tuberculosis
Lyme
disease
Rickettsial
diseases including Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Virology
Introduction
to Virology: Bacteriophages
Animal
Viruses
The
Common Cold
Influenza
SARS
(Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
Measles
Mumps
Rubella
(German Measles)
Varicella
(Chickenpox and Shingles)
Polio
(poliomyelitis)
Viral
Hepatitis
Herpes
Viruses
Smallpox
(Variola)
Rabies
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