Unit 14: Viruses and Bacteria
Reading
OpenStax orange book: Ch. 13 "Diversity of Microbes"
BJU: Ch. 10
OpenStax green book: Ch. 21 & 22
Topics
Labs
Lecture outline
Viruses are not considered alive. They have no cell membrane, or internal organelles; and they do not divide. Instead, they invade a host cell, inject their DNA or RNA, and take over the machinery of the host cell to make copies of themselves. Viruses infect all types of organisms - animals, plants, bacteria, etc.
Bacteria are living, single-celled organisms, about 1/1000ths the size of a human cell, but huge compared to viruses! All bacteria are prokaryotes (no nucleus, no organelles, divide by binary fission), but they are divided into two kingdoms - Archaebacteria and Eubacteria.
OpenStax orange book: Ch. 13 "Diversity of Microbes"
BJU: Ch. 10
OpenStax green book: Ch. 21 & 22
Topics
Labs
- HHMI Virus Explorer weblab
- Bio-Rad Microbes and Health lab (Yogurtness lab)
- HHMI Bacterial ID Lab using BLAST - fulfills AP "dirty dozen lab" #3
Lecture outline
Viruses are not considered alive. They have no cell membrane, or internal organelles; and they do not divide. Instead, they invade a host cell, inject their DNA or RNA, and take over the machinery of the host cell to make copies of themselves. Viruses infect all types of organisms - animals, plants, bacteria, etc.
Bacteria are living, single-celled organisms, about 1/1000ths the size of a human cell, but huge compared to viruses! All bacteria are prokaryotes (no nucleus, no organelles, divide by binary fission), but they are divided into two kingdoms - Archaebacteria and Eubacteria.
A bacterium in all its glory
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A virus invading a cell
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Virus homework questions
These are posted on Canvas
Bacteria homework questions
| viruses__an_intelligent_design_perspective___evolution_news.pdf |
Infectious Disease presentation - Part 1: submit your idea
Problem statement: "Research an infectious disease of your choice, and any drugs under development to treat it".
Instructions: Submit an idea for a 5-minute PowerPoint presentation to be presented at a later class. All I want at this point is your "idea".
Examples: there are too many examples to list. Do a search on "infectious diseases".
Problem statement: "Research an infectious disease of your choice, and any drugs under development to treat it".
Instructions: Submit an idea for a 5-minute PowerPoint presentation to be presented at a later class. All I want at this point is your "idea".
Examples: there are too many examples to list. Do a search on "infectious diseases".