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VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS
Microbial Genetics Lecture Materials
These
are the Microbial Genetics Lecture materials of the Virtual Microbiology Classroom. The resources below are used to supplement an actual
college microbiology course. Anyone taking, teaching or interested in
biology may find these materials helpful and is welcome to use them.
The Microbial Genetics Lecture materials include:
- a list of learning objectives
- a PowerPoint lecture
- a homework assignment
- "class note" articles
- practice test questions
- review questions
- links to additional educational resources
MICROBIAL GENETICS LECTURE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
These lecture learning objectives are a study guide based on the VMC Microbial Genetics Lecture PowerPoint:
- Compare features of viral, prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes.
- What is DNA made of? Know the structural components.
- Understand the process of replication. (Don’t let the brief sentence fool you; this is a lot of complex info. Make sure you understand it to the level that was presented to you in the lecture PPTs).
- What does semi-conservative replication mean?
- What is a replication bubble?
- Understand the processes of transcription & translation. (Don’t let the brief sentence fool you; this is a lot of complex info. Make sure you understand it to the level that was presented to you in the lecture PPTs).
- What nucleic acid base is used in the construction of RNA that is not utilized in DNA molecules? What nucleic acid based is not used in RNA molecules that is used in the construction of DNA?
- How is transcription similar to replication? How is it different?
- What types of RNA are involved in translation and what are their roles?
- What is the ‘triple code’? What is its role in the structure of proteins build through translation?
- Specifically, what is a mutation?
- What is the difference between vertical and horizontal gene transfer?
- Compare and contrast the three types of horizontal gene transfer that we discussed in class: Transformation, Transduction and Conjugation.
- Know the microbes that we met in this lecture and their relevance to the topics discussed.
- Staphylococcus and gene expression
- Streptococcus pneumoniae and horizontal gene transfer
MICROBIAL GENETICS LECTURE POWERPOINT
All of the lecture PowerPoints used in the Virtual Microbiology Classroom have fill-in-the-blanks on many of the slides to encourage students to pay attention and follow along during the presentation. Instructors, contact us for the information that goes in the blanks.
HELPFUL TIPS: Some of the PowerPoint presentations are large files and may take a few moments to download, depending on the speed of your internet connection. If you are printing a hard copy of the PowerPoint, you can save paper by selecting Handouts (rather than Slides) in the "Print What:" drop down menu of the PPT print screen. Then you can choose the number of slides you want to have on each printed page. If the printed PPT presentation is to be used as student notes, it is best to choose handouts with 2 or 3 slides per page.
MICROBIAL GENETICS HOMEWORK
Word document of a single essay question given to students at the end of lecture. This tool helps the students review the main messages of the lecture while allowing the instructor to assess the class' understanding of the material.
MICROBIAL GENETICS CLASS NOTES
Here are brief summaries of some of the various subtopics and concepts introduced in this lecture, kind of like really good class notes.
- Nucleic Acid Function: Replication, Transcription & Translation
- Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids: ATP, RNA & DNA
- Bacterial Genetics: Plasmid DNA & Conjugation Gene Transfer
MICROBIAL GENETICS PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS
Practice test questions designed to help you better understand the material from this lecture. They are based on information in the Microbial Genetics PowerPoint Lecture.
MICROBIAL GENETICS REVIEW QUESTIONS
Questions designed to help you review the material in the Microbial Genetics Lecture.
MORE MICROBIAL GENETICS LINKS
- Binary Fission: Cell Division & Reproduction of Prokaryotes
- DNA Replication animation and review questions.
- DNA Replication Process animated video by FreeScienceLectures.com.
- DNA Replication step-through animation by John Kyrk.
- DNA Transcription step-through animation by John Kyrk.
- DNA Transcription and Protein Assembly animated movie by RedAndBrownPaperBag.
- Transcription and Translation animated movie from PBS production “DNA: The Secret of Life.
- “That Spells DNA” song by Jonathan Coulton.
- “The Protein Synthesis Song” by MrsPurpleMonster18.
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You have free access to a large collection of materials used in a college-level introductory microbiology course. The Virtual Microbiology Classroom provides a wide range of free educational resources including PowerPoint Lectures, Study Guides, Review Questions and Practice Test Questions.
Page last updated: 5/2012
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