PROFESSOR: Dr. M. Moore (E-mail: mmoore@sfu.ca)                  Office: SSB6153 (Phone: 291-3441)
                                                                 Laboratory: SSB6171

PREREQUISITES: BISC 101 AND 102, BISC 201 (NOW BICH 221)

This course will cover the following topics to introduce students to the unique biology of microorganisms as well as to their importance to industry and medicine. Topics will include:

• Taxonomy and Evolution
• Microorganism growth and nutrition; sterilization
• Microbial diversity - structure and function of bacteria - the elemental cycles
• aquatic, soil and special environments
• fungi
• protozoa
• viruses
• Commensalism, mutualism and parasitism
• Immunology, vaccines, serology
• Selected diseases
• Antimicrobial agents
• Bacterial and yeast genetics
• Applied microbiology - food       
• sewage       
• industrial microbiology       
• bioremediation

REQUIRED TEXT:

Microbiology, Third Edition by L.M. Prescott, J.P. Harley, and D.A. Klein, Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1996 (required).

LABORATORY COURSE:

The lab exercises familiarize students with basic microbiology lab techniques such as use of the light microscope, sterile technique, plating, determination of bacterial growth, biochemical tests for bacterial identification, etc.