Lec #

Date

Topic

Textbook Reading (additional reading to be assigned)

1

M Mar 31

Overview

2

W Apr 2

Review of metabolism

pp. 28-29 (section 2.4),

101-134 (Chapter 5)

3

F Apr 4

Phylogeny and classification.

pp. 307-328

4

M Apr 7

·             Origin of life, early evolution, “primitive” metabolisms

·             Archaea

pp. 419-446 (Chapter 13)

5

W Apr 9

Anaerobic respiration

·             Anaerobic lithotrophs

·             Methanogenic Archaea

·             Earliest CO₂ fixation (?)—the acetyl CoA pathway

pp. 299-306

pp. 557-571 (Chap. 17 sub-chapter III)

6

F Apr 11

Methanogens, cont.

Continued

7

M Apr 14

Anaerobic respiration, cont.

·             Anaerobic organotrophs--the sulfate reducers

·             Other anaerobic respirers—the iron reducers and nitrate reducers

Continued

8

W Apr 16

The fermenters--lactic acid bacteria, propionic acid bacteria, clostridia and acetogens

pp. 374-379 (section 12.19),

386-388 (section 12.22),

163-164 (section 6.16),
379-383 (section 12.20)

9

F Apr 18

Anaerobic ecosystems

pp. 575-577 (section 17.21),

632-640 (Chap. 19 Sub-chapter IV)

M Apr 21

First Exam, lectures 1-9

10

W Apr 23

Methylotrophs (Miller)

pp. 342-345 (section 12.6),

579-581 (section 17.24)

11

F Apr 25

Phototrophs

·             Purple sulfur bacteria

·             Purple non-sulfur bacteris

·             Green sulfur bacteria

·             Green non-sulfur bacteria

·             Oxygenic phototrophs-the cyanobacteria and the chloroplasts

pp. 533-543 (sections 17.1-17.4),

332-335 (section 12.2),

405-407 (section 12.32),

412-414 (section 12.35)

pp. 543-545 (section 17.5),

394-399 (Chap. 12 sub-chapter IV)

12

M Apr 28

Phototrophs, continued

Continued

13

W Apr 30

Aerobic organotrophs

The facultative aerobes

Bioremediation

pp. 345-355 (sections 12.7-12.11),

577-579 (sections 17.22-17.23),

651-655 (sections 19.17-19.18)

14

F May 2

Aerobic chemolithotrophs

·             The nitrifiers

·             The sulfur oxidizers

·             The iron oxidizers

pp. 548-557 (Chap. 17 sub-chapter II),

628-631 (section 19.8),

640-647 (Chap. 19 sub-chapter V), 647-649 (section 19.15),

362-363 (section 12.15)

15

M May 5

continued

continued

16

W May 7

Nitrogen fixation

pp. 586-591 (Chap. 17 sub-chapter VI),

348-350 (section 12.9),

395-396 (about heterocysts)

17

F May 9

Rhizobium-legume symbiosis

pp. 661-667 (section 19.22)

18

M May 12

Review of metabolic diversity

pp. 632-637 (sections 19.9-19.10),

641-647 (sections 19.12-19.14)

W May 14

Second Exam, lectures 10-18

19

F May 16

Environmental genomics/systems ecology (Parsek)

20

M May 19

Biofilms (Parsek)

pp. 617-619

21

W May 21

Bdellovibrio (Gray)

pp. 360-362 (Bdellovibrio)

22

F May 23

Parasitism--Agrobacterium, rickettsias, chlamydias, nanoarchaea

pp. 487 (Table 15.1)

441-442 (Chap 13 subchapter IV)

659-660 (section 19.21),

989-991 (section 31.10)

M May 26

Holiday

23

W May 28

Multicellularity in the bacteria—myxobacteria and actinomycetes

pp. 367-371 (section 12.17), 390-394 (section 12.24)

24

F May 30

Special adaptations in bacterial cells--motility, taxis, positioning, appendages, spores

·             Spirochetes

·             Gliding motility

·             Magnetotaxis

·             Gas vacuoles

·             Prosthecate bacteria

·             Planctomyces

·             Endospore forming bacteria

pp. 407-411 (section 12.33), 360-361 (magnetotactic spirilla),

85-91 (sections 4.12-4.13),

95-97 (section 4.15),

363-367 (section 12.16),

379-383 (section 12.20),

401-403 (sections 12.28-12.29)

25

M Jun 2

Symbiosis (Gray)

pp. 628-631 (section 19.8),

637-640 (section 19.11),

656-658 (sections 19.19-19.20)

26

W Jun 4

Luminescent bacteria (Gray)

pp. 355-357 (section 12.12), 221-222 (section 8.10)

27

F Jun 6

Question-answer session

M Jun 9

Final Exam, lectures 19-27 and comprehensive, 2:30 - 4:20 p.m.