BIO307: Microbiology

Upon successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

• explain what microbes are;
• recognize and distinguish micrographs taken by light, phase contrast, and electron microscopes;
• predict microbial growth in experiments similar to Pasteur's experiment;
• employ Koch's postulates for the identification of a pathogen; identify the limits of Koch's postulates in the real world;
• design ways to control microbial growth;
• compare and contrast microbes of the three domains of life; and
• compare and contrast cells and viruses.