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


Class Schedule :

TOPIC

READINGS

DATE
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

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 Professor
Email: hashsham@egr.msu.edu
Home page
Phone: (517) 355 8241