Introduction to Microbiology
Members of the Bacterial World
Introduction to Bacteria
Introduction to Archaea
Introduction to Eukarya
Acellular Infectious Agents: Viruses, Viroids & Prions
Importance of Microorganisms
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
Reviewing the Different Types of Microscopes
Introduction to Staining
Simple Staining
Differential Staining
Gram Stain
Growing a Pure Culture
Introduction to Cultivating Microbial Growth
Overview of Prokaryotic Cell Structure
Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic Cells
Bacterial Cell Morphology & Arrangements
Introduction to Biofilms
Introduction to Spontaneous Generation
Pasteur's Experiments on Spontaneous Generation
Koch's Postulates