Pasteur's Experiments on Spontaneous Generation
Needham vs. Spallanzani
Introduction to Spontaneous Generation
Francesco Redi's Experiments
Introduction to Archaea
Introduction to Taxonomy
Scientific Naming of Organisms
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
Other Types of Staining
Reviewing the Types of Staining
Introduction to Bacteria
Bacterial Cell Morphology & Arrangements
Overview of Prokaryotic Cell Structure
Introduction to Bacterial Cell Walls
Gram-Positive Cell Walls
Gram-Negative Cell Walls
Gram-Positive vs. Gram-Negative Cell Walls
The Glycocalyx: Capsules & Slime Layers
Endospores
Pili
Fimbriae & Hami
Introduction to Prokaryotic Flagella
Prokaryotic Ribosomes
Cell Envelope & Biological Membranes
Bacterial & Eukaryotic Cell Membranes
Osmosis
Introduction to Membrane Transport
Passive vs. Active Transport
Simple and Facilitated Diffusion
Active Transport
Introduction to Energy
Chemical Reactions
ATP
Enzymes
Enzyme Activation Energy
Enzyme Binding Factors
Enzyme Inhibition
Introduction to Metabolism
Redox Reactions
Introduction to Aerobic Cellular Respiration
Glycolysis
Pyruvate Oxidation
Krebs Cycle
Electron Transport Chain
Pentose-Phosphate Pathway
Entner-Doudoroff Pathway
Fermentation & Anaerobic Respiration