Teaching

Intro Microbiology (BIOL 3041)

Structure, function, reproduction, growth, metabolism, and genetics of bacteria, archaea, and micro-eukarya, with an emphasis on bacteria and viruses and their relation to health and disease. 

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Course learning outcomes:

• Differentiate between bacteria, archaeae, viruses, and eukaryotic microorganisms

• Describe structure and function of internal and external components of cells

• Describe how microbes grow and reporoduce

• Describe microbial metabolism and relate this to their adaptibility

• Explain genetically how microbes express and exchange their traits

• Identify and describe roles that microbes play in the environment

• Identify and describe some mutualistic and parasitic roles of microbes in human health