Francesco Redi's Experiments
Needham vs. Spallanzani
Pasteur's Experiments on Spontaneous Generation
History of Spontaneous Generation Summarized
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
Introduction to Staining
Simple Staining
Differential Staining
Other Types of Staining
Gram Stain
Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic Cells
Introduction to Eukaryotic Organelles
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
Bacterial Cell Morphology & Arrangements
Introduction to Membrane Transport
Osmosis
Simple and Facilitated Diffusion
Active Transport
Introduction to Energy
Chemical Reactions
ATP
Enzymes
Redox Reactions
Introduction to Aerobic Cellular Respiration
Glycolysis
Pentose-Phosphate Pathway
Entner-Doudoroff Pathway
Pyruvate Oxidation
Krebs Cycle
Electron Transport Chain
Fermentation & Anaerobic Respiration
Introduction to Bacteria