BIO 340 ENTIRE COURSE

BIO 340 Week 1 Individual Assignment Fundamentals of Microbiology

and Microorganisms Worksheet
Fundamentals of Microbiology and Microorganisms Worksheet
Answer the following items using the information in this weeks readings and activities. Respond to
each item in 200 to 300 words using the space provided.
What is microbiology? What are the various types of microorganisms studied in
microbiology?
Describe the important aspects of microscopy and other appropriate lab techniques, such as
staining and Petri plate culture. Describe each part of a light microscope and its function.
Select three scientists or microbiologists and describe their historical contributions to
microbiology
Discuss cell theory in detail and include its importance to microbiology
BIO 340 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Eukaryotic and
Prokaryotic Cells Lab Write-Up
BIO 340 Week 3 Individual Assignment Antimicrobial Assay
Worksheet
Antimicrobial Assay Worksheet
Review the image and refer to Ch. 26 ofBrock Biology of Microorganisms to answer the following
questions.
What does this picture represent? To what is the area around the disks proportional?
Which letter disk has the least potent antibiotic? Why? Which has the most? How do you know?
Refer to Figure 26.10 of Brock Biology of Microorganisms. What has happened in the minimum
inhibitory concentration tube? Approximately, what is the bacterial concentration in that tube?
BIO 340 Week 3 Individual Assignment Microbial Growth and Growth
Control Worksheet
Microbial Growth and Growth Control Worksheet
View the following short animation from the MyMicrobiologyPlace website accessible through the link
on your student website: Microbiology Animations With Quizzes:Bacterial Growth: Overview.
Which of the following is true about how bacterial cells divide?
Which of the following is true about bacterial growth?
Describe what happens to cells in each phase of bacterial growth:lag phase, log phase, stationary
phase, and death phase.
What are the stages of binary fission?
How is chromosome replication of bacteria different from that of eukaryotic cells?
During elongation, what separates the chromosomes?
Where does the septum form during division?
BIO 340 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Infectious Disease
Presentation
BIO 340 Week 5 Individual Assignment Microorganisms Paper
Analyze at least three different applications of genetically engineered products that involve microbes.
Select three microbes, two that are genetically engineered and one that is not, and explain their effect
on humans and the environment.
Analyze the importance of genetic information in the function of microorganisms, in general.
Describe the role genetics concepts play in human society.
Describe how microbial genetics affects human society and how it differs from and compares with
human genetics. Include the following terms:

Genes

Chromosomes
 Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

Ribonucleic acid (RNA)

Plasmids

Mutation

Transcription

Transduction

Transformation

Conjugation

Genotype

Phenotype