BIO307: Microbiology

3.3: Bacterial Genetics

• 3.3.1: Bacterial Chromosome

  • South Dakota State University: Stanley Malloy's "Bacterial Chromosome" URL

    Read this article to learn how bacterial chromosomes differ from eukaryotes.
    

• 3.3.2: Processing Genetic Information

  • McGraw Hill: "Processing of Gene Information: Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryotes" URL

    Watch this animation, which shows how transcription and translation occur in bacteria. You should consider reviewing gene transcription and gene expression in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
    

• 3.3.3: Genetic Regulatory Mechanisms

  • University of South Carolina School of Medicine: Gene Mayer's "Genetic Regulatory Mechanisms" URL

    Read this page and review the diagrams in the left panel. Click on Figures 1 to 10 for a graphical explanation of operon mediated bacterial gene expression.
    

• 3.3.4: Genetic Information Exchange

  • University of South Carolina School of Medicine: Gene Mayer's "Exchange of Genetic Information" URL

    Read this page. Click on Figures 1 to 4 for a graphical explanation of DNA exchange mechanisms in bacteria.
    

• 3.3.5: Mutations

  • Anthony Griffiths' "Spontaneous Mutations" URL

    Read this chapter, which summarizes mutations that occur in the cell.