Biology 16     Microbiology

  Spring 2008 Instructor Dr. Janet Fulks

Phone: 395- 4381     Office: SE 49E     jfulks@bakersfieldcollege.edu

Office Hours: TBD first week of classes including Virtual Office hours Sunday 7-8PM; Any time by appointment 
Class Hours: Lecture TR 8:00 – 9:25 AM  in SE 48;    CRN 31044 Lab  TR 9:35 AM –12:45 PM in SE 37

Links to Resources for Course Work
Syllabus	Schedule	Lecture Notes	Lab Manual Disinfectant Results
Lecture Objectives	Lab Objectives	Student Learning Outcomes	Streaking for Isolation Streaking for Isolation Power Point Gram Stain and Isolation Rubric
Papers in Microbiology	Getting the A	Learning Styles and Strategies	Safety Rules
Links for Microbiology	Clinical Notebook	Course Point Worksheet	Help With Graphing
Team Case Studies	Grades Spring Grades are now posted	Student Information Form	Safety Contract
Project Descriptions	Projects Schedule	Parasitic Diseases NPR	Latest Outbreak in Pot Pies Salmonella Outbreak
DEADLY COLD VIRUS ?	CLINICAL LABORATORY MEDICINE	Graphing Takehome FINAL EXAM	IN THE NEWS Recall on HIB vaccine
Do Microbes Communicate? (This links you to the research lab) Dr. Bassler's Research (This links you to the NPR story)	Big Book of Viruses Do Viruses cause Obesity? Check out the research	Prions update Are all Prions bad?	Final Exam Topics Immunology Flow Charting Rubric

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Bakersfield College | Kern Community College District | Dr. Janet Fulks
1801 Panorama Dr. - Bakersfield, CA 93305 - (661)395-4381
Date last updated 05/07/2008
©Janet Fulks

BIOL B16 General Microbiology (5 units) Course Goal:

Introduction to the study of microorganisms and topics relevant to the microbial world including a survey of microorganisms, physical and chemical agents to control microorganisms, bacterial genetics, bacterial metabolism, bacterial diseases and modes of transmission, fungal and protozoal infections, viral diseases, immunology, public health and epidemiology, nosocomial infections, biogenetic engineering, applications to food, water and sewage treatment. Prerequisite: Any college level chemistry and any college level biology course.

Hours: 54 lect, 108 lab. Field trips required. CCS: Liberal Arts and Sciences. Transferable: UC, CSU and private colleges. CAN BIOL 14; BC GE 5; CSU GE B.2, B.3; IGETC 5.B.