This survey course provides students with a broad and balanced perspective of
microbiology. Students should become acquainted with the major groups of
microorganisms, in particular the prokaryotes, their cell structure and organization,
regulatory mechanisms, and techniques used in their study. The student should gain
an understanding of the diversity of prokaryotes and their habitats as well as their
contributions to the biosphere. Likewise, students should become acquainted with the
sources and uses of microbes in industrial and biotechnological applications. Finally,
students should gain the concept of symbiosis, the mechanisms by which infectious
agents subvert and exploit the host, and immune defenses against infection.
Information will be conveyed to the students by a combination of methods that include
class lecture, textbook readings, and interactive assignments with an internet-based
learning platform (WebCT). Students will be evaluated on the basis of several
in-class tests and a final exam.

I.	History and Scope of Microbiology
II.	Microscopy
III.	Microbial Phylogeny and Taxonomy
IV.	Prokaryotic Structure and Function
V.	Enzymes and Metabolism
VI.	Macromolecule Synthesis/Assembly
VII.	Bacterial Nutrition and Growth 
VIII.	Control of Microbial Growth and Antibiotics
IX.	Bacterial Genetics
X.	Genomics
XI.	Viruses 
XII.	Industrial Microbiology
XIII.	Microbial Ecology 
XIV.	Eubacteria and Archaebacteria
XV.	Pathogenic Microbiology
XVI.	Immunity

All academic work must meet the standards contained in the UGA Student Honor
Code. Students are responsible for informing themselves about those standards before
performing any academic work. Students are allowed to study with each other in any
way they find useful. During an in-class test situation, students must not use any
notes or any help other than direct questions addressed to the instructor. During
the test students must have no communication with any other student, and they must
read only what is on their individual tests or answer sheets. The consequences for
academic dishonesty will be assessed on a case by case basis.