1. Introduction BIO 411 Medical Microbiology

2. The Prophet’s View of Education “You are all in school. Do not waste your time. This is a time of great opportunity that you will never have again as long as you live. Make the most of it right now…. “…you can’t afford to waste your time. There is so much to learn. Give it the very best that you have.” – Gordon B. Hinckley

3. Syllabus So what are we going to learn about this semester? Syllabus What does it take to succeed in Bro. Wray’s class? First Assignment – Elder Eyring Article

4. Medical Microbiology Chapter 1 Intro. to Medical Microbiology

5. History of Microbiology –Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1674) –Friedrich Henle (1840) – Germ Theory of Disease –Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur (late 1800’s) –Alexander Fleming (1928) - Penicillin

6. Intro. to Medical Microbiology Groups of Microorganisms –Viruses DNA or RNA genome Protein coat (capsid) Some have a membrane envelope Obligate intracellular parasites Pathogenesis Diseases?

7. Intro. to Medical Microbiology –Bacteria Prokaryotic organisms Peptidoglycan cell wall Gram + and Gram – Cell shapes and arrangements Pathogenesis - toxins Diseases?

8. Intro. to Medical Microbiology –Fungi Eukaryotic Yeasts, molds, dimorphic fungi Diseases? –Parasites

9. Intro. to Medical Microbiology Microbial Disease –Most organisms don’t cause a single disease Staphylococcus aureus, meningitis, etc. –Few microbes are always pathogenic –Exogenous infections vs. endogenous infections Normal Flora