MICROBIAL DIVERSITY AND THE BIOSPHERE |
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| MCD BIOLOGY COURSE | |
| 4350 / 5350 | |
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Announcements:
Papers due Friday Dec. 9th in class
Final Exam Saturday Dec. 10th
4:30-7:00 in Porter B121
(Questionaire is worth 5 points)
Reference Materials:
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Amino Acid Structures |
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~100 questions (Objectives, Test Review) |
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Paper Guidelines |
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Syllabus and Course Information (tentative) |
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Lecture 1: Introduction |
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Lecture 2: Describing Microbial Diversity |
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Vignette: The Prokaryote Issue |
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Lecture 3: A Brief Overview of Molecular Phylogeny |
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Lecture 4: Genomics |
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Vignette: Poisson Statistics |
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Lecture 5: What is the "Species" E. coli? |
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Vignette: Winogradsky Columns |
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Vignette: Gram staining |
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Lecture 6: Genetic Transfer |
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Vignette: Growth Curves |
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Lecture 7: Microbial Life in the Biosphere |
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Vignette: SeaWIFS |
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Lecture 8: Diversity in the Environment |
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Lecture 9: Life in Hard Places |
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Vignette: Biowarfare |
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Lecture 10: Eucaryotic Diversity |
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Lecture 11: The History of Life |
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Vignette: Cyanobacteria |