Microbiology - BIOL 205
Miramar College

Dr. Laura W. Murphy
Office S5-101G
Phone: 619-388-7539
Email: lmurphy@sdccd.edu


Revised Lecture Schedules:

Monday/Wednesday
Tuesday/Thursday

  • Monday/Wednesday Syllabus
  • Tuesday/Thursday Syllabus

  • Lecture PPTs
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3-4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6-7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 8-9
  • Chapter 10

  • Lab Manual
  • week 1 intro
  • week 1 microscopy
  • week 1 aseptic technique
  • week 1 microbes in the environment
  • week 2 pure culture techniques
  • week 2 smear and simple stains
  • week 2 gram stain
  • week 2 motility
  • week 3 acid fast stain
  • week 3 negative stains
  • week 3 spore and capsule stains
  • week 3 growth curve
  • week 4 temperature effects on growth
  • week 4 oxygen effects on growth
  • week 4 ph effects on growth
  • week 4 lethal effects of temperature
  • week 4 lethal effects of UV
  • week 5 antibiotics
  • week 5 antiseptics and disinfectants
  • week 6 transformation
  • week 7 DNA fingerprint
  • week 8 diversity bacteriophage
  • week 8 diversity eukaryotes
  • week 8 minor unknown
  • week 10 synthetic epidemic
  • week 11 SSE unknown writeup
  • week 11 staph strep enteric unknowns
  • week 12 major unknowns
  • week 14 water quality
  • week 15 dental microbiology

  • Study Guides
  • Lecture Unit 1
  • Lecture Unit 2
  • Lab Exam 1
  • Lab Exam 2


  • APOs
  • APO-1:  Microbial Metabolism
  • APO-2:  Antimicrobials
  • APO-3: Thank a microbe

  • Student Presentations
  • Presentation guidelines
  • T/Th Quiz Questions
  • M/W Quiz Questions

  • Lab Supplies
  • Label Master For lab test tubes - customize on your own by typing in your name or color coding it

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    Links:



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