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Chapter 1

·      Micro-Biology: History of Science

·      How did life on Earth begin?

·      Origin of Life – Scientific Evidence

·      Abiogenesis

·      The Three Domains of Life

·      Endosymbiotic Hypothesis

·      Endosymbiosis

·      Endosymbiosis

·      Essential Characteristics of Life

Chapter 2

·      How Big is Big?

·      Gram Staining

Chapter 3

·      Bacteria

·      Bacteria Cell Model

·      Cell Membrane

·      Fluid Mosaic Model

·      Membranes/Transport

·      Simple Diffusion

·      Diffusion Across a Membrane

·      Facilitated Diffusion

·      Active Transport

·      Group Translocation

·      Co-Transport

·      Membrane Transport

·      Lysis of E. coli

·      Magnetic Bacterial Dance

·      Bacterial Motility

·      Bacterial Chemotaxis

·      Swarming [Video Source]

·      Spirochete Motility

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

·      The Archaea

·      Archaea

·      Archaea and the Tree of Life

·      Why Don’t Archaea Cause Disease?

·      Eukaryotic Cell Model

·      Cellular Organelles

·      Lysosomes

·      Endocytosis/Exocytosis

·      Phagocytosis

·      Endosymbiosis

·      DNA Packing

·      Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryotes

·      Eukarya

·      Fungi

·      Protists

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

·      Viruses

·      Virus Entry

·      Enveloped Virus Release

·      T4 Phage Replication

·      Phage Lysis of E. coli

·      Lytic vs. Lysogenic Cycles  

·      Prion Disease

·      Viral Replication

·      Binary Fission

·      Exponential Growth

·      Bacterial Cell Cycle

·      Bidirectional Replication

·      Biofilm Formation

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

·      Bdellovibrio Life Style

·      Bdellovibrio attacking E. coli

·      What did he say!?!?
[Never to be mentioned at a polite society’s dinner party!]

·      Cell-Wall Antibiotics

·      Protein Synthesis Antibiotics

·      Antiviral Agents

·      HIV Replication

·      HIV Treatment

·      Antimicrobial Resistance

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

·      NADH Oxidation/Reduction

·      Enzymes

·      Biochemical Pathway

·      How Enzymes Work

·      Competitive vs. Non-Competitive Inhibition

·      Feedback Inhibition

·      ATP and Respiration

·      Glycolysis  

·      Krebs Cycle

·      Bacterial Electron Transport System

·      Proton Pump

·      Eukaryotic Electron Transport System

·      Cellular Respiration

·      Photosynthesis

·      Photosynthesis

·      Photosynthetic Electron Transport

·      Photosynthesis and Respiration

·      Cyclic vs. Non-Cyclic Photophosphorylation

Chapter 12

Chapter 16

·      Calvin Cycle

·      Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis

Review of the Central Dogma

·       DNA Structure and Replication

·       Transcription/Translation

·       DNA Structure

·       DNA Replication

·       Bidirectional Replication

·       Transcription: mRNA Synthesis

·       tRNA Function

·       Translation

Lecture Videos

·       Thymine Dimers

·       Base Substitution Mutation

·       Addition-Deletion Mutation

·       Horizontal Gene Transfer

·       Transposition

·       Conjugation

·       Rolling Circle Replication

·       Hfr Conjugation

·       Transformation

·       Lytic vs. Lysogenic Cycle

·       Generalized Transduction

·       Specialized Transduction

Chapter 19

Chapter 27

Chapter 32

·      Classification

·      Phylogenetics

·      Symbiosis: Mutualism, Commensalism, and Parasitism

·      Ecological Relationships

·      Myxococcus xanthus preying on E. coli

·      The Immune System

·      Innate Immune System

·      Complement

·      Phagocytosis

·      Inflammation

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

·      Adaptive Immunity

·      Cellular Immunity

·      Immune Response

·      Antibodies

·      Epitopes

·      Antigen Presentation

·      Antigen Processing

·      Antibody Diversity

·      Clonal Selection

·      Cytotoxic T Cell Killing

·      Type I Hypersensitivity

·      Type II Hypersensitivity

·      Type III Hypersensitivity

·      Type IV Hypersensitivity

·      Interferon Activity

·      Superantigen

·      Meet Your Microbiome!

·      How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body – The Microbiome

Chapter 35

·      A-B Toxins

·      Superantigen