Microbiology

Activities

• Test 1
  • Unit 1
• Test 2
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
• Test 3
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 10
• Test 4
  • Chapter 11 - Bacteria
  • Bacterial Diseases 1
  • Bacterial Diseases 2
• Test 5
  • FPH Part 1 - fungal, protozoal, and helminthic organisms
  • FPH Part 2 -  fungal, protozoal, and helminthic diseases
• Test 6
  • Viruses
  • Viral Diseases
• Test 7
  • Chapters 14 and 15
  • Antimicrobial Drugs
  • Host Defenses

Lectures

• Operon Model

Animations

• DNA animations - replication and experiments

Infectious Disease

• National Center for Infectious Diseases - NCID conducts surveillance, epidemic investigations, epidemiologic and laboratory research, training, and public education programs to promote prevention and control strategies for infectious diseases.
• Emerging Infectious Diseases - CDC journal tracks trends and analyzes new and emerging infectious diseases worldwide.
• Infectious Diseases in Children - online journal
• Medical Microbiology - Samuel Baron, editor, 4th ed, complete online text available from National Center for Biotechnology Information

Bacteria

• Images
• Bacteriology Textbook with images - By Timothy Paustian, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Parasites

• CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - Comprehensive site featuring medically significant parasites. Includes parasite images and life cycle information, as well as clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases.
• Pinworm Infestation - New England Journal of Medicine video clip
• Anisakis Infestation - parasitic worm in stomach
• Images - Department of Parasitology, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
• Images - Kansas State University
• Images - University of Delaware
• Atlas of Parasitology - Carlo Denegri Foundation, Torino, Italy

Viruses

• Virus Ultrastructure
• Introduction to Molecular Virology - By Ed Rybicki, Lecturer in Virology, University of Cape Town
• Virology on the Web - Comprehensive list of links for virology sites.

Study Skills

• March to Success - a course that helps to improve test-taking ability; registration is free
• Study Skills Information and Workshops - site sponsored by Virginia Tech
• How to get better results from a search engine

Tutorials

• Transcription and Translation
• Mad Cow Disease