CE487 - Microbiology for Environmental Health Engineering
Syllabus
Spring Semester 2005
Time: 12:40 PM -2:00 PM, Monday and Wednesday.
Location: 307 Ernst Bessey Hall
Text: Madigan, Martinko, & Parker. Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 10th Ed., McGraw Hill, 2001.
Brock website: http://cw.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/brock/
Office Hours: To be decided
TOPIC |
READINGS |
DATE |
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1 | Microbial Bioenergetics |
Handout | Jan 10 |
2 | Stoichiometry: Basic Concepts | 5.4, 5.6, 5.14 | Jan 12 |
3 | Martin Luther King Day | No class | Jan 17 |
4 | Stoichiometry: Class Exercise | Handout | Jan 19 |
5 | Survey of Bacteria; Aerobic Bacteria- Sulfur and Iron Oxidizers; Hydrogen Oxidizers, Methanotrophs, Methylotrophs | Chapter 12 sections 1-3 | Jan 24 |
6 | Nitrate, Iron, Sulfate, and Sulfur Reducing Bacteria | Handout, Chapter 12 sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 18, 19-24 | Jan 26 |
7 | Acetogens, Syntrophs, and Methanogens | Handout | Jan 31 |
8 | Review of Survey of Bacteria: Class Exercise | Feb 2 | |
9 | Oxygen Consumption, BOD/COD, Microbiology of Wastewater | Handout | Feb 7 |
10 | Microbial Kinetics, Dispersed Growth Reactors | Handout | Feb 9 |
11 | Fixed Film Reactors | Handout | Feb 14 |
12 | Conventional Activated Sludge Process | Handout | Feb 16 |
13 | Nitrification/Denitrification | Handout | Feb 21 |
14 | Phosphorus Removal; Iron and Sulfur Cycles | Handout | Feb 23 |
15 | Review | ||
16 | Mid-Term Examination | Mar 2 | |
Mar 7-11: SPRING BREAK |
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17 | Cell: Macromolecules, Information Flow in Living Systems |
Chapter 2 sections 1-2, Chapter 3, Chapter 7 sections 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 13-15, Handout | Mar 14 |
18 | Mutation, transformation, transduction, plasmids, conjugation, Nomenclature and Taxonomy, Phylogeny | Chapter 10 sections 1-4, 6, 7, 8, 9 Chapter 11 sections 4, 5- 7, 9, 10, 12 | Mar 16 |
19 | Microbial detection using 16S rRNA probes, PCR | Handout, 10.17 | Mar 21 |
20 | Hand-held Devices for Microbial Detection | Handout | Mar 23 |
21 | Activities Related to Microbes at DOE, NIH, NSF, TIGR, and JGI | Handout | Mar 28 |
22 | Quantitative Risk Assessment | Handout | Mar 30 |
23 | Microbial Risk Assessment | Handout | Apr 4 |
24 | Microbial Growth Control | Chapter 20, Handout | Apr 6 |
25 | Viruses: Introduction | Chapter 16 | Apr 11 |
26 | Bacteriophages, RNA phages, Temperate phages Transduction, Animal viruses, Small RNA viruses | Chapter 16 | Apr 13 |
27 | Protozoa, Fungi, Algae | Handout | Apr 18 |
28 | Bioremediation and Natural Attenuation | Handout | Apr 20 |
29 | Class Exercise: Case Study | Handout | Apr 25 |
30 | Methods in Microbial Ecology | Handout | Apr 27 |
31 | Review | May 2 | |
FINAL EXAM-Comprehensive 12:45 PM –2:45 PM |
May 4 |
Syed A. Hashsham
Associate ProfessorEmail: hashsham@egr.msu.edu
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