Bio168

when completed, this course will permit you to:
1. connect the classification of microbes to their evolutionary relationships
2. describe the use of the microscope and staining techniques to visualize and identify bacteria
3. identify parts of a prokaryotic cell and contrast a prokaryotic and a eukaryotic cell
4. illustrate the phases of microbial growth and the control of growth
5. differentiate between aerobic respiration and fermentation and describe the end products of
both reactions
6. explain oxidation and reduction reactions as applicable to metabolic patterns
7. define biotechnology using examples and techniques from microbial genetics
8. explain how recombinant DNA is produced and transferred into bacterial cells
9. illustrate and give examples of the replication cycle of viruses
10. explain mechanisms used by microbes to cause disease and the immune response of the
human body
11. manipulate bacterial cultures according to standard procedures