Bacterial Pathogenesis
Introduction to Avoiding Host Defense Mechanisms
The Glycocalyx: Capsules & Slime Layers
Introduction to Biofilms
Introduction to Immunity
Introduction to Epidemiology
Healthcare-Associated Infections
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Introduction to Microbial Genetics
Introduction to DNA-Based Technology
Introduction to DNA Cloning
Steps to DNA Cloning
Introduction to Polymerase Chain Reaction
The Steps of PCR
DNA Fingerprinting
Southern Blotting
CRISPR CAS
Introduction to Microbial Genetics
Introduction to Regulation of Gene Expression
Prokaryotic Gene Regulation via Operons
The Lac Operon
Glucose's Impact on Lac Operon
The Trp Operon
Review of the Lac Operon & Trp Operon
Introduction to Mutations
Methods of Inducing Mutations
Mutant Detection
The Ames Test
Introduction to DNA Repair
DNA Repair Mechanisms
Horizontal Gene Transfer
Bacterial Transformation
Transduction
Introduction to Conjugation
Conjugation: F Plasmids
Conjugation: Hfr & F' Cells