Syllabus: Bio 170

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology
Iligan City

COURSE SYLLABUS
For the First Semester 2010-2011
Buenaflor D. Jimenez
Email : bdjimenez7@gmail.com

I. Course Number: Bio 170
II. Course Title Marine Microbiology
III. Course Description
IV. Course Credit 3 units : 2 hours lecture/week ; 3 hours laboratory/week
V. Course Pre-requisite: Bio 102, Bio 103 and Bio 106
VI. General Objective
VII.Specific Objective
1) To list the major groups of organisms studied in microbiology;
2) To know the beneficial activities of various microorganisms,
3) To identify the different requirements for growth and to describe the several direct and indirect measurements of growth and categorize the different nutritional patterns among organisms,
4) To explain the regulation of gene expression in bacteria by induction, repression, attenuation and catabolite repression,
5) To describe the different methods of classification and identification of microorganisms.

VIII. Course Content:
June 11, 2010 Lecture 1 Introduction
History of Microbiology
Introduction to microbial ecology, marine microbiology
Overview of marine microbes
June 18, 2010 Lecture 2 Evolution, Phylogeny & Taxonomy of Microorganisms. Eukaryotes,
prokaryotes, taxonomy vs. phylogeny, archaea, proteobacteria,
cyanobacteria, planctomyces, spirochaetes, hyperthermophiles
June 25, 2010 Lecture 3 Microbial diversity
Water as biotopes for microorganisms
Environmental factors affecting development of microorganisms
July 02, 2010 Lecture 4 Prokaryote vs Eukaryotes: Cell Morphology and Ultrastructures
July 09, 2010 Lecture 5 Prokaryote vs Eukaryotes: Cell Morphology and Ultrastructures
July 16, 2010 First Exam (Lectures 1-4)
July 23, 2010 Lecture 5 Microbial Metabolism (Reactions, catabolism biosynthesis,
energy, redox, respiration, chemoheterotrophs, heterotrophic
prokaryotes, chemolithotrophy, photosynthesis)
July 30, 2010 Lecture 6 Microbial Physiology and Growth
Growth, and Control Numbers and Biomass of Microorganisms in
water and sediment (Direct and Indirect Counts)
Aug 06, 2010 Lecture 7 Microbial genetics
Aug 13, 2010 Lecture 8 Regulatory Mechanisms
Aug 20, 2010 Second Examination (Lectures 5-8)
Aug 27, 2010 Lecture 9 Viruses, Grazing and the Microbial Loop
Role of Fungi in the flow of energy and nutrients
Sept 03, 2010 Lecture 10 Phytoplankton Taxonomy & Ecology
Photosynthesis. Photosynthesis and phototrophs, photosynthetic
apparatus, light absorption and photoacclimation, dark reaction
and carbon fixation, primary producers in the sea.
Sept 09, 2010 Lecture 11 Protozoa and secondary productivity
Sept 10, 2010 Lecture 12 Geomicrobiological processes in waters
Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles. Habitat, respiration, methanogenesis
acetogenesis, water column cycling. Marine, pools, biosynthesis,
denitrifiers, annamoxosomes, cyanobacteria, heterocyst, gas
vacuoles
Sept 16, 2010 Lecture 13 Microbe-microbe interaction and interaction with other aquatic
microorganisms
Marine Symbioses. Commensalism, mutualism, parasitism; symbiotic
N2 fixation, symbiosis with cyanobacteria; specificity
Sept 17, 2010 Third Exam (Lectures 9-12)
Sept 23, 2010 Lecture 14 Studying Water-Borne Pathogens
Sept 24, 2010 Lecture 15 Microbiological Monitoring
October 1, 2010 Final Examination

IX.Course Assessment :
Grade Evaluation
Your grade in this class will be based on your performance on four major exams. The exam will be a combination of objective and essay questions. Essays will be graded in content, organization and clarity of communication. The grades will be based on a numerical scale from 0-100. This scale can be adjusted up on a curve with the mean class score representing a grade of 3.0. If you miss the exam because of illness or personal emergency, please notify me within 24h of the exam, Exam must be made as soon as possible. The exam will be inclusive with emphasis on materials covered in the lecture.
X. Guidelines and Policies regarding activity/ assignment submission/Attendance Policy


Lecture Notes.
Exams will cover information given during lecture, and these are just to help you study and cannot be considered a complete substitute for attending class. Regular attendance is required at all class meetings Scholastic Dishonesty policy
Scholastic dishonesty will not be tolerated

XI. Course Materials
Alexeopoulus, C. J. 1982. Introductory Mycology. 2nd ed. New York: John and Wiley and Sons Inc. pp 613.
Anderson, Douglas. 1974. Fish Immunology. In Sneiszco and Axelrod (eds). Diseases of Fishes. Neptune New Jersey: TFH Publications, Inc Ltd. 237pp.
Austin, B. Marine Microbiology. 1988. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 222pp.
Austin, B (ed) 1988. Methods in Aquatic Microbiology. Chichester. John Wiley. 425pp.
Bryan, Arthur, et al. 1969. Bacteriology: Principles and Practise. 6th ed. New York: Barnes and Nobles Inc. 422pp.
Burdon, Kenneth L and R.B. Williams, 1969. Microbiology. 6th ed. New YorK: Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 818pp.
Cavanaugh, C.H. 1983. Symbiotic chemoautotrophic bacteria in marine invertebrates from sulfide-rich habitat. Nature 302. 56-61.
Frobisher, M. and R. Fuerst. 1973. Microbiology in Health and Diseases. 13th ed.
Philadelphia: W.B. and Saunders Company pp.664
Handbook of Culture Media. Merck 2000.
Hobbie, J.L. and J.J. Cole 1984. Response of a detrital food web to eutrophicaon. Bull. Mar Sci. 35:357-363.
Joklik et al. 1972. Zinsser Microbiology. 15th ed. New York: Meredith Corp. pp 1120.
Moriarty, D.J. and RSV Pullin (eds) Detritus and Microbial Ecology in Aquaculture. ICLARM Conference proceeding. Manila, Philippines
Rheinheimer, G.1991. Aquatic Microbiology. 4th ed. John Wiley and Sons. Ltd. Baffins Lane. Chichester. West Sussex. PO 19 IUD.UK.
Tortora, Funke and Case. 1992. Microbiology: An Introduction. The Benjamin Cummings Publishing Co. Inc. 810pp.