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Microbiology Study Guide: Bacterial Growth, Genetics, Biotechnology, and Viruses

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Binary Fission

Generation Times

Biofilms

Microbial Growth Curves in a Closed System

Oxygen Requirements for Microbial Growth

Introduction to Cultivating Microbial Growth

Selective Media

Differential Media

Measuring Growth by Direct Cell Counts

Measuring Growth by Plate Counts

Carbon

Introduction to DNA Replication

DNA Polymerases

Introduction to Transcription

Introduction to Translation

Introduction to Mutations

Methods of Inducing Mutations

Mutant Detection

The Ames Test

Transduction

Bacterial Transformation

Introduction to Conjugation

Conjugation: F Plasmids

Prokaryotic Gene Regulation via Operons

The Lac Operon

The Trp Operon

Introduction to DNA-Based Technology

Introduction to DNA Cloning

Steps to DNA Cloning

Introduction to Polymerase Chain Reaction

The Steps of PCR

Gel Electrophoresis

Southern Blotting

DNA Fingerprinting

Introduction to DNA Sequencing

Introduction to Viruses

Introduction to Bacteriophage Infections

Bacteriophage: Lytic Phage Infections

Bacteriophage: Lysogenic Phage Infections

Animal Viruses: Reverse-Transcribing Virus Synthesis & Replication

Acute vs. Persistent Viral Infections

Introduction to Animal Virus Infections