As I surf the Internet for instructional material for Micro 101 (Micro
102 for Distant Learning Students) I find other courses that contain excellent
explanations of material similar to that which I am presenting, often with graphics and
animations. Rather than writing out the specific URLs relating to each topic in the text I
will often link to these alternative Internet sources and suggest that you examine a
certain topic within that particular URL. Frankly, I want to encourage students to do a
bit of educational "wandering" in hopes that your curiosity will be piqued and
you will be seduced into learning more that originally intended. For example, if my
subject is ANTIBODY STRUCTURE I may send you to this page and point you to one or more courses that have good
sections on immunology and you can follow the TOC in those URLs to that specific topic. In
the process you may come across other information you will find useful; in a sense it will
be the equivalent of "thumbing through a text book" and stopping to read about
some topic that catches your attention. Although it is truly hard to believe,
there might even be occasions when the explanations in these alternative sites are clearer
than mine.
You should anticipate some problems with the graphics. All of my work has been tested only in IE4.0 and Netscape 3.01, so if you aren't using these versions of of the browsers you may have problems. There are a lot of different "HELPERS" and "PLUG INS" necessary for running the various video, audio and other applications on the net and you will have to install them on your computer and set them up to run "on demand". WSU students can call the help desk at IT if you don't know how to do this. I will post a list of these helpers, and their addresses on my Home Page, that work with the URLs I post, but please don't ask me for help installing them as I simply don't have the time.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/microbiology; This is a general source for lots of information on Microbiology
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3504/; Medical Microbiology course with loads of information; frequently updated; Great.
http://www.brooklyn.liunet.edu/cwis/bklyn/acadres/facdev/FacultyProjects/WebClass/micro-web/html-files/TOC.html ; A virtual microbiology text book; good drawing and graphics. Not very complete, more a glossary than anything.
http://www.uct.ac.za/microbiology/; Mainly contains information on plant viruses; well presented.
http://wwwnhc.nhmccd.edu/public/nsci/bio/microbio.html; Lots of excellent information
http://www.medmicro.mds.qmw.ac.uk/underground/; Bacterial Underground
http://ag.arizona.edu/classes/plp428/lecture/lecture.html; Microbial genetics course; A bit advanced for Micro 101, but good, definitions and alternative explaination.
http://www.bact.wisc.edu/bact330/bact330homepage ; An advanced course on Pathogenics. Go directly to the lectures and textbook for loads of good information.
http://129.109.136.65/microbook/toc.htm; A medical micro course. A bit advanced for Micro 101 students, but worth looking at if you're having trouble understanding some of my explainations.
http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~terry/spring97/mcb229/home_page.html; Spring1998 microbiology at UConn: (complete course, but no graphics) Fundamentals of Micro. Go directly to the Lectures for the course notes. A more advanced version of microbiology. Student written reference material on TB. Take the practice exam and see how well you do.
http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~terry/229sp98/home_page.html; 1998 microbiology at UConn: (lectures added weekly, graphically rich). Fundamentals of Micro. A more advanced version of microbiology. Student written reference material on TB. Take the practice exam and see how well you do.
http://medic.med.uth.tmc.edu/path/00001450.htm; Med. course with images. Has a lot a information for use in the lab exercises.
http://esg-www.mit.edu:8001/esgbio/chapters.html; Good course, bit advanced for Micro 101-2, but lots of good information.
http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/224/BS224.html ; Some good links and some good lecture material on viruses, advanced level.
http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/109/BS109.html ; More basic level; many good lectures; highly recommend Micro 101/102 students visit this site.
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/smd/mbi/cann/109/BS109.html ; Another address for the course above.
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/7305/ : A site in SPANISH that has very good graphics and microbial pictures.
http://www1.oup.co.uk/best.textbooks/genesVI/; This site contains illustrations from and advanced molecular biology textbook. They have to be down loaded on your computer and unziped to be viewed. They are good, but advanced for Micro 101 students.
http://www.microbiologia.com.ar/; In Spanish, but with many great figures that anyone can appreciate.
http://www.lsic.ucla.edu/ls3/tutorials/; Must load Macromedia Shockwave for this site to work.
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/molecular_bio/molecular_bio.html; Lots of simple instructional tests/tutorials.
http://www.iacr.bbsrc.ac.uk/notebook/courses/guide/; Lots of material on molecular biology aspects of microbiology.
http://www.medkem.gu.se/edu/; Lots of material on molecular biology aspects of microbiology.
http://www.asmusa.org/dictgloss.htm; An index of microbiological dictionaries and glossaries.
http://www.whitlock.com/kcj/quill/; This site, titled Cells Alive, contains a number of basic descriptions of cells with some nice micrographs. If you have NetScape 3.0 and the latest Quicktime installed there are several short movie clips you can watch. It is updated from time to time, so check it frequently.
http://hoflink.com/~house/Microbio.html#anchor221551; An index with numerous interesting sites for a curious microbiology student.
http://lenti.med.umn.edu/~mwd/cell.html; Biology course with much useful information, and lot of good figures; keeps improving.
http://www.prenhall.com/~bookbind/pubbooks/brock/; Outline of chapters in Biology of Microorganisms by Prentice Hall. A bit advanced for Micro 101, but it does have some good pictures and if you can pass their multiple choice tests you will do well on mine.
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/toc.html; Food borne diseases Text book Very good
http://salk.utmem.edu/classes/micro/micro.html; Contains some good textual information on bacterial
http://ubu.hahnemann.edu/Heme-iron/NetWelco.htm#Welcome; Lots of material on medical biochemistry; advanced
http://colossus.chem.indiana.edu/; Advanced course, but has fantastic description of antibodies and their reactions with antigens.
http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/224/BS224.html; Wonderful course, great graphics.
http://www.crk.umn.edu/UMCWeb/Academics/TechnicalStudies/WebResources/MicroB/index.htm;
http://gened.emc.maricopa.edu/academics/classes/biology/index.html; Very good biology site. A virtual textbook much like the Micro 101/102 NetText. Covers the basics at a similar level. Lots of good figures and pictures. If you can't understnad my explainations (gasp!) try this site.
http://gened.emc.maricopa.edu/bio/bio102/Bio102.InternetBioRes.html; Index of many many biological sites.
http://project.bio.iastate.edu/Courses/MIPM302/Announce.html ; An On-Line Iowa State course that you can take for credit, but you need to be signed up for the course in order to view it (password required). You can view a sample lecture on the HISTORY OF MICROBIOLOGY and listen to an audio lecture but you'll need to obtain the helper program "Real Audio".
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