1. Microbiology
an introduction

2. Instructor: Gu Xiangyang, Ji Yanling
Office: C5016, Life Sciences Building
Office telephone:
Lecture Monday, 9:50~12:15 a.m.
A602
Lab Form 3rd week
C5023, Life Sciences Building

3. Rational
Course Description
Text book and References
Course Schedule
Expectations
Evaluation

4. Rational 1.As a basic biological science research into life processes
Microbiology provides some of the most accessible research tools for probing the nature of life sciences.
research into life processes

5. Fruit fly VS. Escherichia coli
genetically engineered for special purposes
Fruit fly VS Escherichia coli
(果蝇) (大肠杆菌)

6. 2. As an applied biological science
Microbiology deal with many important practical problems in medicine, agriculture, and industry.
synthesize antibiotics
Penicillin(青霉素): the first miracle drug

7. important in food processes
pickles, yogurt, buttermilk, aspartame, cheeses, bread
brewing industry

8. important in life of animals & plants that are important to humans
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9. Course Description

10. Microorganisms？ Viruses 生物 原核生物：细菌、放线菌、蓝细菌等 细胞生物 高等动植物 高等藻类 Bacteria
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)
Viruses
Bacteria
Algae
Fungi
Protozoa

11. Micro-Biology “Micro” = small “bio” = life
“ology” from “logos” = knowledge
Hence,
“small life knowledge”
“knowing about small life”
too small to be seen with the unaided eye

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

13. What is microbiology all about?
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

14. Text book and References
《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

15. 1、Books 2、Magazines 3、Online resources
(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 resources
Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 10th. (
Science, Nature, Cell, Journal of Virology, Journal of Bacteriology

17. Course Schedule Date Topic Text Mar. 2 Microorganisms and microbiology
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 13
Fungi diversity
Virus Morphology
Ch. 7 20
Virus diversity
Virus within plants

18. 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
Principles of Microbial Molecular
Jun. 1
DNA, RNA and Proteins
Ch. 3
Microbial Genetics 8
Recombinant DNA Technology 15
Microbial Ecology
Ch. 8
Ecosystem
Ch. 11 22
Microbial interaction

19. Final Exam (to be arranged)
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)

20. Expectations Learn in class Learn from each other in groups
Learn on your own

21. Evaluation no make up Exams English (Part 1) 25% English (Part 2) 25%
Chinese (Part 3) %
Attendance
no make up