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Week 1: Introduction to Microbiology, Scope, and Cell Structure & Function

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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

Scientific Method

Introduction to Spontaneous Generation

Characteristics of Infectious Disease

Koch's Postulates

Overview of Prokaryotic Cell Structure

Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic Cells

Cell Envelope & Biological Membranes

Bacterial & Eukaryotic Cell Membranes

Archaeal Cell Membranes

Types of Membrane Proteins

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

Introduction to Biofilms

Pili

Fimbriae & Hami

Introduction to Prokaryotic Flagella

Prokaryotic Flagellar Structure

Prokaryotic Flagellar Movement

Prokaryotic Ribosomes

Cell Inclusions

Endospores

Sporulation

Germination