MICROBIAL DIVERSITY AND THE BIOSPHERE |
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| MCD BIOLOGY COURSE | |
| 4350 / 5350 | |
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Announcements:
Exam 2 key is posted on the wall between MCDB A150 and the Detweiler lab (same place as the Exam 1 key). Associated "100 questions" topics are noted in italics after each question.
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Document |
PDF file (Size) |
Other links |
Syllabus and Course Information |
PDF (88 KB) |
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Lecture 1: Introduction to Microbial Diversity |
PDF (104 KB) |
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Lecture 2: Describing Microbial Diversity |
PDF (2 MB) |
ARTICLES |
Lecture 3: Overview of Mol. Phylogeny |
PDF (316 KB) |
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AMINO ACID STRUCTURES..you want to know. |
PDF (250 KB) |
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~100 questions... learning goals and test practice |
PDF (92 KB) |
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Vignette: Poisson Statistics |
PDF (780 KB) |
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Vignette: No Prokaryotes |
PDF (96 KB) |
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Chlorophyll visualizations |
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Link |
Lecture 4: Genomics, What it takes to make a cell. |
PDF (4.4 MB) |
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Lecture 5: What is the "species"... |
PDF (1.5 MB) |
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Dr. Kirk Harris: Tracking the expansion |
PDF (4.3 MB) |
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Lecture 6: Genetic Transfer |
PDF (2 MB) |
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Vignette: Winogradsky Columns |
PDF (76 KB) |
Links 1, 2 |
Lecture 7: ..Life in the Biosphere: Where? How much? |
PDF (9 MB) |
Links 1, |
Lecture 8: Diversity in the Environment |
PDF (3.3 MB) |
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Lecture 9: Life in Hard Places |
PDF (1 MB) |
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N.Pace article "Mapping the tree of life" |
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Woese/Goldenfeld article: Scylla and Charybdis |
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Lecture 10: Archaea |
PDF (0.5 MB) |
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Lecture 11: Primary Productivity |
PDF (4.7 MB) |
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Lecture 12: Cyanobacteria |
PDF (1.2 MB) |
ARTICLES |
Vignette: Biowarfare |
PDF (72 KB) |
ARTICLES |
Vignette: Probiotics |
PDF (64 KB) |
ARTICLES |
Dr. Dan Frank: Commensals |
PRELIM (5MB) |
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Dr. Dan Frank: Day 2 (Pathogens) |
PDF (4.4 MB) |