PROFESSOR: Dr. M. Moore (E-mail: mmoore@sfu.ca)     OFFICE: SSB6153 (Phone: 291-3441)
PREREQUISITES: BISC 101 AND 102, BISC 201 (NOW BICH 221)

The course will cover the following topics to introduce students to the unique biology of microorganisms as well as their importance to industry and medicine. Lecture topics complement the lab exercises (see below) and 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

LABORATORY COURSE:

The laboratory exercises familiarize students with basic techniques in microbiology, e.g. sterile technique, growing bacteria in liquid medium and on agar plates, methods for bacterial identification, coliform counting, ELISA, etc.

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