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Microbiology Animations

Cell Structure and Function

     Motility

     Flagella: Structure, Movement, Arrangement.

     Spirochetes

     Membrane: Structure, Permeability

     Passive Transport: Principles of Diffusion, Special Types of Diffusion

     Active Transport: Overview, Types

Microbiological Tecniques

     Microscopy and Staining:Overview

     Light Microscopy, Electron Microscopy, Staining

Classification

     Dichotomous keys: Overview, Sample with Flowchart, Practice.

Microbial Metabolism

     Metabolism: Overview, The Big Picture, Oxidation-Reduction Reactions

     Enzymes: Overview, Steps in a Reaction, Competitive Inhibition, Non-competitive Inhibition.

     Glycolysis: Overview, Steps

     Fermentation

     Krebs Cycle: Overview, Steps

     Electron Transport Chain: Overview, The Process, Factors Affecting ATP Yeild

     Photosynthesis:Overview, Comparing Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes,

         Light reactions, Cyclic Photophsophorylation, Noncyclic Photophosprhorylation,

         Light Independent Reactions.

Microbial Nutrition and Growth

     Bacterial Growth:Overview, Growth Curve, Binary Fission.

Controlling Microbial Growth

     Chemotherapeutic Agents:Modes of Action

     Antibiotic Resistance:Origins fo Resistance

     Antibiotic Resistance: Forms of Resistance

Microbial Genetics and Technology

     DNA Replication: Overview, Froming the Replication Fork, Replication Proteins, Synthesis.

     Mutagens: Types, Repairs

     Transcription: Overview, The Process

     Translation: Overview, Genetic Code, The Process

     Operons: Overview, Induction, Repression

     Horizontal Gene Transfer: Overview

     Transformation

     Transdution: Generalized Transduction, Specialized Transduction

     Conjugation: Overview, F Factor, Hfr Conjugation, Chromosome Mapping

     Transposons:Overview, Insertion Sequences, Complex Transposons

     PCR: Overview, Components, The Process.

     Recombinant DNA Technology

Prions and Viruses

     Prions: Overview, Characteristics, Diseases.

     Viral Replciation: Overview, Virulent Bacteriophages, Temperate Bacteriphages, Animal Viruses

Disease: Epidemiology and Pathogenicity

     Epidemiology: Overview, Occurrence of Disease, Transmission of Disease

     Virulence Factors: Exotoxins, Endotoxins, Penetrating Host Tissues, Hiding from Host Defenses, Inactivating

          Host Defenses, Enteric Pathogens

     Nosocomial Infections: Overview, Prevention.

Host Defenses

     Host Defenses:Overview

     Inflammation:Overview, Steps

     Phagocytosis:Overview, Mechanism, Microbes that Evade it

     Complement:Overview, Activation, Results

     Antigen Processing and Presentation:Overview, Steps, MHC

     Humoral Immunity:Overview, Clonal Selection Expansion, Antibody Function, Primary Immune Response,

         Secondary Immune Response

     Cell-Mediated Immunity:Overview, Helper T Cells, Cytotoxic T Cells,

     Host Defenses:Overview, The Big Picture

     Vaccines: Function, Types

    

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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