Importance of Microorganisms
Scientific Naming of Organisms
Introduction to Spontaneous Generation
Francesco Redi's Experiments
Needham vs. Spallanzani
Pasteur's Experiments on Spontaneous Generation
Koch's Postulates
Introduction to Microbiology
Members of the Bacterial World
Introduction to Microscopes
Magnification, Resolution, & Contrast
Introduction to Light Microscopy
Light Microscopy: Bright-Field Microscopes
Light Microscopes that Increase Contrast
Light Microscopes that Detect Fluorescence
Electron Microscopes
Introduction to Staining
Simple Staining
Differential Staining
Gram Stain
Introduction to Bacteria
Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic Cells
Bacterial & Eukaryotic Cell Membranes
Overview of Prokaryotic Cell Structure
Bacterial Cell Morphology & Arrangements
The Glycocalyx: Capsules & Slime Layers
Fimbriae & Hami
Pili
Introduction to Prokaryotic Flagella
Introduction to Bacterial Cell Walls
Gram-Positive Cell Walls
Gram-Negative Cell Walls
Gram-Positive vs. Gram-Negative Cell Walls
Introduction to Membrane Transport
Passive vs. Active Transport
Osmosis
Simple and Facilitated Diffusion
Active Transport
Group Translocation
Introduction to Eukaryotic Organelles
Endosymbiotic Theory