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MICROBIOLOGY 425
BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF
MICROORGANISMS
Taught each Fall semester, 12:00 noon, M W
F
TAUGHT BY: David P. Clark
PREREQUISITE: Organic chemistry
REQUIRED TEXT: The Physiology & Biochemistry of Prokaryotes -
David White, Oxford University Press, 3rd Ed. 2007.
CLASS NOTES: Approximately $30 from The PRINTING PLANT, 606
S. Illinois.
Class notes may also be downloaded below.
An older version of the class notes is also available on the web
(click links below under "Topics Covered"). Note that Greek symbols
etc are not always shown correctly and that some diagrams are missing
in the web version of the notes.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
Brock Biology of Microorganisms - Madigan and Martinko,
Prentice-Hall, 2006 (11th Ed.)
Escherichia coli &Salmonella Cellular & Molecular
Biology, Neidhardt et al, ASM, 1996 (2nd Ed.)
Topics Covered and Number of Lectures
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Introduction To
Cell Structure & Metabolism
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2
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Cell Envelope -
Peptidoglycan, Lipopolysaccharide, Proteins, Lipids
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6
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Osmoregulation
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2
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Sugar Transport,
Glycolysis, Fermentation
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4
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FIRST EXAM View exams from
previous years
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Krebs Cycle,
Anaplerotic Pathways
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2
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Energetics, High
Energy Compounds
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2
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Redox Reactions,
Electron Transport Chain, Proton Motive Force &
Respiration, Anaerobic Respiration
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5
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Photosynthesis
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2
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Halobacteria
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1
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Methanogenesis &
Hydrogen Transfer
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2
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SECOND EXAM View exams from
previous years
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Proteins, Enzyme
Mechanism & Kinetics
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4
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Nitrogen
Fixation
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2
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Plasmid Physiology -
Antibiotic Resistance, Colicins & Toxins
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4
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The Origin of
Life
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3
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FINAL EXAM View exams from
previous years
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Related Microbiology Courses:
[Introduction
to Molecular Biology, Micr 302]
[Molecular
Biology of Microorganisms Laboratory, Micr
480]
[Bacterial
& Viral Genetics, Micr 460]
SIUC / College of Science / Microbiology / micr425/
http://www.science.siu.edu/microbiology/micr425/
Last updated: November 2007/ dc