Textbook

We are using the text by Madigan, M.T., J.M. Martinko and J. Parker, "BROCK, BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS", 10th ed. 2003, Prentice Hall (BBOM10th). The publisher offers a website which gives short summaries of each chapter and which allows the student to review and self-test his/her basic knowledge in microbiology. BBOM is the mandatory text on which part of the exams will be based.

The student is expected to read the appropriate chapters and to test himself/herself by trying to answer the "Test Questions". The answers to "Multiple Choice Questions" can be sent in for correction and the corrected test results will be returned to the student within a few seconds.

The book contains more than what will be covered during this course. Students who need to repeat some of the material from earlier courses will find it useful to look through the appropriate chapters at the beginning of the book, and there is a wealth of information for those who would like to know more.
  • Contents of chapters 1 to 5 and 15 (BBOM 9th ed., 1999) or chapters 1 to 6 and 17 (BBOM 10th ed., 2003) are the minimal prerequisites for the MICROBIAL EVOLUTION and ECOLOGY course. These contents are discussed in the introductory courses in biochemistry, microbiology and cellbiology. Students should review these chapters again as a preparation for the MICROBIAL EVOLUTION and ECOLOGY course.
  • Contents of chapters 6 to 11 (BBOM 9th ed.) or chapters 7 to 10 and 30 to 31 (BBOM 10th ed.) will not be discussed in this course since most of the material covered there forms the contents of the molecular biology and genetics courses. Knowledge outlined in those chapters will be required, however, to solve problems dealing with molecular aspects of genetics and evolution, which are offered as part of the course exercises.
    Other recommended text books
  • The Physiology and Biochemistry of Prokaryotes, 2nd ed. David White. Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN0-19-508439-X.
  • Biology of the Prokaryotes. J.W.Lengeler, G.Drews, H.G.Schlegel (eds). Thieme Stuttgart, 1999. ISBN: 3-13-108411-1.
  
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