Cell 422: Microbiology

Professor David A. Mullin
Office 2000 Stern Hall
damullin@tulane.edu

Topics

• Scope, perspective, and history
• Microbiological methods, sterilization, and disinfection
• Microscopy
• Bacterial cell architecture, and motility
• Microbial growth, nutrition, and kinetics
• Microbial metabolism: Energetics, fermentation, and respiration
• Microbial transformations of nitrogen, phosphorous, and sulfur
• Microbial genomics, genetic exchange, transposons
• Medical microbiology
• Immunology: Innate and acquired
• Antibiotics and antimicrobial agents
• Microbial taxonomy
• The Archaea and bacteria
• The microbial eukaryotes: fungi, algae, and protozoa
• The viruses

Each exam counts as 33 1/3 % of the total grade. Homework assignments will be used to decide borderline grades. Late homework will not be accepted. If you miss an exam you will be allowed to take a makeup exam only if you contact me prior to the time of the exam and get my approval.

As a reminder: The Tulane University Honor Code stipulates that ALL ACADEMIC WORK MUST BE THE RESULT OF THE STUDENT'S OWN EFFORTS.