Houston Community College
Microbiology
(Biol. 2420)
IN-Person LABS Required
Lecturer: Dr. Perry
CRN 49420
Textbook:
Kathleen Park Talaro. 2006. Microbiology (6th edition).
Wm. C. Brown
Publishers/ McGraw Hill.
Lab Manual: A Laboratory Manual: Microbiology HCCS
Publishing.
NOTE:
Textbook and Lab Manual are both required
Hints for
Success :
Read all of the assigned chapters as early as possible.
Outline all chapters for understanding.
Review your notes often for the exams. This increases your passing rate
and grade.
Class Rules
1. Email me at beverly.perry@hccs.edu as soon as you have read these
instructions,
so that I will have your correct email address and an alternate way of
communication.
Tell me about yourself, your goals and anything else that you want me
to know.
2. Put your cell phone on vibrate before entering the room.
No cell phones may sound in my class. I will take off 10 points from your
lecture exam grade every time
that this happens.
3. No gum chewing in class.
4. Do not disturb or interrupt the instructor during class for any reason.
5. Raise your hand to be recognized and wait until you have permission to
talk.
6. You are always free to go to the restroom during lab time.
7. You must place ALL lab items back into the cabinets and clean up.
When you finish, you may leave.
8. Any absence should be discussed with the instructor.
9. I also prefer this email address to the class email. I read this one several
times a day.
10. I also prefer that you call me with your concerns at 713-718-8048.
Leave a brief message.
URGENT NOTICE:
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Take the chapter exams only when you are supposed to have
access and are ready.
Lecture coverage is done by self-study utilizing online
course resources along with the textbook are allowed.
Do not open the lecture exams until it is time for you to take it
because the clock starts on the test and you cannot re-enter it.
Timed exams can only be attempted once. No exceptions or
redos allowed.
Once you have opened an exam, you cannot leave it or go over
the allotted time.
No second chances at tests will be given. F will be given for that
test.
Students who miss 2 labs for any reason are automatically
dropped from the course.
Students who miss any exam are automatically dropped from
the course.
CLASS ACTIVITIES/ SYLLABUS
(Textbook
Chapters are in bold print )
1
The Main Themes of Microbiology
ORIENTATION TO LAB and Distance Education
3
4
5
6
Tools of the Laboratory: Methods for Studying
Microorganisms (continued)
Prokaryotic Profiles: The Bacteria and Archaea
Lab. Exercise 1: Care and Use of the Microscope
Friday, June 8
Lab. Exercise 2: Smear Preparation, Simple Staining and Bacterial Morphology
Lab. Exercise 3: Negative Staining Method
Eukaryotic Cells and Microorganisms
An Introduction to the Viruses
Lab. Exercise 4: Isolation of Bacteria
Lab. Exercise 5 Gram Staining
Lab. Exercise 6: Acid-fast Staining
First Lecture Exam (Chapters 1, 3, 4)
7
9
Friday, June 8
Friday, June 15
June 20-23
Friday, June 22
Lab. Exercise 7: Bacterial Endospores
Lab. Exercise 8: Bacterial Capsules
Lab. Exercise 9: Bacterial Flagella and Motility Testing
Elements of Microbial Nutrition, Ecology, and Growth
Microbial Genetics
Friday, June 29
Lab. Exercise 10: Selective, Differential and Enriched Media
Lab. Exercise 11: Gas Requirements for the Growth of Bacteria
Lab. Exercise 12: Counting Bacteria in Milk using the Pour Plate Method
Lab. Exercise 13: Effects of Heat
Second Lecture Exam (Chapters 5, 6, 7,9)
July 11-13
Lab Exercise 14: Effects of Chemicals
Lab. Exercise 15: Carbohydrate Fermentation by Bacteria
Lab. Exercise 16: Triple Sugar Iron (TSI) Fermentation
Lab. Exercise 17: The IMViC Biochemical Tests
Friday, July 13
10
Genetic Engineering: A Revolution in Molecular Biology
11
Physical and Chemical Control of Microbes
12 Drugs, Microbes, Host----The Elements of Chemotherapy
14
15
Friday, July 20
Lab. Exercise 18: Rapid and Miniaturized Methods of Identification
Of Bacteria
Lab. Exercise 19: Bacteriophages
Lab. Exercise 20: Immune System: White Blood Cells
Lab. Exercise 21: Antibiotic Sensitivity Testing: Kirby-Bauer Method
Midterm Lab Exam. (Tentative)
13
Microbe----Human Interactions: Infection and Disease
The Nature of Host Defenses
The Acquisition of Specific Immunity and Its Applications
Lab17-21 View lab results and complete reports
Friday, July 27
Third Lecture Exam (10, 11, 12, 13)
16
17
July31-Aug 1
Immunization and Immune Assays
Disorders in Immunity
Lab Final Exam
Lecture Final Exam (Chapters 14, 15, 16, 17)
August 3
August 7
NOTE: This is a tentative schedule and subject to modification.
You will be notified by email and reminded in lab of such changes.
I am honored to have you in my class. Call me at 713-718-8048 for any issues. Use my
preferred email address.