Official Course Description:  MCCCD Approval:  6-28-2011
BIO111  2011 Fall – 2011 Fall	LEC  4.0 Credit(s)  3.0 Period(s)  3.0 Load  Acad LAB  0.0 Credit(s)  3.0 Period(s)  2.4 Load
Microbes and Society
Examination of the science of microbes and the impact of microbes on human affairs. Topics include principles of microbial diversity, cell structure, growth and reproduction, global processes, disease, and prevention of disease. Prerequisites: None.

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
BIO111  2011 Fall – 2011 Fall	Microbes and Society

 

1.         Describe and utilize the process of scientific inquiry, its realm, and limitations. (I)

2.         Describe structural characteristics of the major groups of microorganisms. (II)

3.         Explain and demonstrate the mechanisms of microbial growth and metabolism. (III, IV)

4.         Describe the processes of microbial genetics, mutations, and DNA recombination. (V)

5.         Describe physical, chemical, and antibiotic methods of microbial control. (VI)

6.         Name foods that owe their existence to microbes and describe food spoilage, food preservation, and prevention of food-borne diseases. (VII)

7.         Describe ways in which microbial biotechnology benefits medicine and agriculture. (VIII)

8.         Identify the microbes associated with various biogeochemical cycles. (IX)

9.         Describe how microbes are used in sanitation and waste removal, bioremediation, pollution, and water treatment. (IX)

10.       Distinguish between specific and non-specific forms of disease resistance in host organisms. (X)

11.       Differentiate between bacterial and viral diseases. (X)

 

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
BIO111  2011 Fall – 2011 Fall	Microbes and Society

 

I.          Scientific Investigation

            A.        Process of scientific inquiry

            B.        Formation of the hypothesis

            C.        Inductive/deductive reasoning

            D.        Data collection, analysis, and presentation

II.        Major Groups of Microorganisms

            A.        Bacteria

            B.        Viruses

            C.        Protists

            D.        Fungi

III.       Microbial Growth

            A.        Patterns of growth and requirements

            B.        Binary fission

            C.        Viral lysis/lysogeny

IV.       Microbial Metabolism

            A.        Energy and enzymes

            B.        Cellular respiration

            C.        Fermentation

            D.        Anaerobic metabolism

            E.         Photosynthesis

V.        Microbial Genetics

            A.        DNA replication

            B.        Protein synthesis

            C.        Mutation

            D.        DNA Recombination

VI.       Controlling Microbial Growth

            A.        Physical and chemical methods

            B.        Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance

VII.     Microbes and Food

            A.        Foods of microbial origin

            B.        Food preservation

            C.        Food safety

VIII.    Microbes at Work

            A.        Genetic engineering and biotechnology

            B.        Microbes and medicine

            C.        Microbes and agriculture

IX.       Microbes and the Environment

            A.        Microbes and the biogeochemical cycles

            B.        Sanitary and waste facilities

            C.        Bioremediation

            D.        Water treatment

X.        Disease and Resistance

            A.        Nonspecific resistance to disease

            B.        Specific resistance and the immune system

            C.        Human diseases

                        1.         Viral Diseases

                        2.         Bacterial diseases

                        3.         Parasitic diseases