Microbiolog

yan introduction

Instructor: Gu Xiangyang, Ji Yanling

Office: C5016, Life Sciences Building

Office telephone: 84395531

E-mail: yanlingji@njau.edu.cn

Lecture Monday, 9:50~12:15 a.m.

A602

Lab Form 3rd week

C5023, Life Sciences Building

•Rational

•Course Description

•Text book and References

•Course Schedule

•Expectations

•Evaluation

Rational

1.As a basic biological science

Microbiology provides some of the most accessible research tools for probing the nature of life sciences.

research into life processes

Fruit fly VS. Escherichia coli ( 果蝇 ) ( 大肠杆菌 )

genetically engineered for special purposes

2. As an applied biological science

Microbiology deal with many important practical problems in medicine, agriculture, and industry.

Penicillin( 青霉素 ): the first miracle drug

synthesize antibiotics

important in food processes

pickles, yogurt, buttermilk, aspartame, cheeses, bread

brewing industry

important in life of animals & plants that are important to humans

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Course Description

——非细胞生物 病毒（真病毒、亚病毒）

生物 原核生物：细菌、放线菌、蓝细菌等 细胞生物 高等动植物高等动植物 高等藻类高等藻类

真核生物 藻类 低等藻类 低等生物 真菌类

原生动物

真核生物原界 (Eucarya)

细胞生物三原界 真细菌原界 (Bacteria)

古生菌原界 (Archaea)

Microorganisms ？Viruses

Bacteria

Fungi

Algae

Protozoa

“ Micro” = small“bio” = life“ology” from “logos” = knowledgeHence,

“small life knowledge”“knowing about small life”

too small to be seen with the unaided eye

Micro-Biology

Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, a large and diverse group of organisms that exist as single cells or cell clusters.

• living cells and how they work

• microorganisms( 微生物 ), an important class of cells capable of free living existence

• microbial diversity and evolution, different kinds of microbes arise, and why

• what microbes do, in the world at large, in human society, in our own bodies, in the bodies of animal and plants

• the central role which microbiology plays as basic biological science, how an understanding of microbiology helps on the understanding of the biology of higher organisms, even including humans

What is microbiology all about?

《微生物学教程》，周德庆，高等教育出版社，第二版， 2002

“Microbiology: an introduction 7TH”, Gerard J.Tortora, Berdell R. Funke and Christine L. Case, An imprint of Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., 2001

Text book and References

1 、 Books(1)“Brock's Biology of Microorganism 9TH” ， Michael T. Madigan John M. Martinko Jack Parker ， Prentice Hall ， 1999(2)“Microbiology” ， Lansing M. Prescott, Donald Klein, John Harley McGraw-Hill Higher Education ， 2000(3) 《微生物学》，沈萍，高等教育出版社， 2000

2 、 Magazines“ 微生物学报”、“微生物学通报”、“微生物学杂志”、“菌物学报”“ 病毒学报”、 “植物病理学报”、 “中国生物防治”、 “ Science”等

3 、 Online resourcesBrock Biology of Microorganisms, 10th. (http://cwx.prenhall.com/brock/)Science, Nature, Cell, Journal of Virology, Journal of Bacteriology

Date   Topic   Text

Mar. 2   Microorganisms and microbiology   introduction

  Introduction to microbiology history

9   Discovery of Bacteria    

16   Origin of Bacteria   Ch. 1  

23   Cell Structure/Function   Ch. 1

30   Bacterial Morphology and diversity    

Apr. 6   Fungi Morphology   Ch. 6

  Cell Structure/Function  

13   Fungi diversity    

  Virus Morphology   Ch. 7

20   Virus diversity  

  Virus within plants    

Course Schedule

Date   Topic   Text

27   Microbial Nutrition   Ch. 4

  Growth and Cultivation

May 11   Microbial Growth Control

  Microbial Metabolism    

18   Energy Generating Processes   Ch. 2

  Energy Production    

25   Energy Production    

  Principles of Microbial Molecular    

Jun. 1   DNA, RNA and Proteins   Ch. 3

  Microbial Genetics    

8   Microbial Genetics    

  Recombinant DNA Technology   Ch. 3

15   Microbial Ecology   Ch. 8

  Ecosystem   Ch. 11

22   Microbial interaction    

Date   Topic   Text

Soil Microbiology

  Water Microbiology    

29   Microbial habitats    

  Nutrient Cycles   Ch. 9

Jul. 6   Applied Microbiology Ch. 11

  Microbiology in agriculture    

  Microbiology in industry    

  Summary    

July.   Final Exam (to be arranged)

Expectations

•Learn from each other in groups

•Learn in class

•Learn on your own

Exams

English (Part 1) 25%

English (Part 2) 25%

Chinese (Part 3) 50%

Attendance

Evaluation

no make up