Pre-requisites: General Biology and Organic Chemistry

Format: Two lectures 1hr. 20 mins - Food Science Auditorium and a laboratory class (two concurrent periods once per week) - Attendance in the laboratory is mandatory.

Description: This is an introductory microbiology class that fulfills the biology, bitotechnology and microbiology requirements of a SEBS Major, and also pre-med and pre-vet class requirements.

Text: Brock, T. 11th Edition. 2006. Biology of Microorganisms. by Madigan, M.T. and J. M. Martinko. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ at the Cook/Douglas Cooperative Bookstore (www.co-opbookstore.com)

Sakai Portal for handouts/syllabus/assignments etc: https://sakai.rutgers.edu/portal

Introduction (Historical/Methodology/ the microscope and Gram stain; The Microbes full taxonomy; the microbial cell; microbial nutrition & growth; physiology (energetics; biosynthesis of macromolecules - DNA, RNA, protein); viruses; bacterial genetics; ecology - agriculture and the environment; food microbiology; industrial microbiology; humans and microbes - prevention of disease; portals of entry of pathogens.

**Website for Microbiology Laboratory **

Laboratory grades (25%) will be assessed on a range of written reports, quzzes, and a practical exam.

LABORATORY SECTIONS meet in Food Science Building, Room 209.

To contact us:

Dr. Tamar Barkay - barkay@aesop.rutgers.edu
Dr. Douglas Eveleigh - eveleigh@aesop.rutgers.edu
Dr. Michael Tchikindas - tchikindas@aesop.rutgers.edu
Dr. Costa Vetriani - vetriani@imcs.rutgers.edu
Diane Davis - davis@aesop.rutgers.edu
Kathy Maguire (assistant) - maguire@aesop.rutgers.edu