Textbook

We are using the text by Madigan, M.T., J.M. Martinko and J. Parker, "BROCK, BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS", 9th ed. 1999, Prentice Hall with which the students are already familiar from earlier courses. The publisher offers a website (http://www.prenhall.com/brock) which gives short summaries of each chapter and which allows the student to review and self-test his/her basic knowledge in microbiology. This is the mandatory text on which part of the exams will be based.

The student is expected to read the appropriate chapters 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 corresponding 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 are prerequisites for the MICROBIAL 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 ECOLOGY course.
  • Contents of chapters 6 to 11 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 driving forces, which are offered as part of the MICROBIAL ECOLOGY course exercises.
Other recommended texts
  • 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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