Introduction to Microbiology
Introduction to Taxonomy
Scientific Naming of Organisms
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 Spontaneous Generation
Pasteur's Experiments on Spontaneous Generation
Koch's Postulates
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
Introduction to Bacterial Cell Walls
Gram-Positive Cell Walls
Gram-Negative Cell Walls
Gram-Positive vs. Gram-Negative Cell Walls
Cell Envelope & Biological Membranes
Bacterial & Eukaryotic Cell Membranes
Archaeal Cell Membranes
Types of Membrane Proteins
Introduction to Membrane Transport
Passive vs. Active Transport
Simple and Facilitated Diffusion
Active Transport
ABC Transporters
Group Translocation
Types of Small Molecule Transport Review
Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic Cells
Bacterial Cell Morphology & Arrangements
Overview of Prokaryotic Cell Structure
Introduction to Bacterial Plasmids
Endospores
Microbial Growth Curves in a Closed System
Introduction to Cultivating Microbial Growth
Growing a Pure Culture