Course Name	Microbial Diversity
Credits	3
Professor(s)	Name	Chang-Won Lee
	Affiliation	Division of Life Sciences, College of Natural Science

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Objectives

1. study the microbial evolution and the taxonomy

2. study the phylogeny and diversity of prokaryotes, the Domains of Bacteria and Archaea

3. study the phylogeny and diversity of enkaryotic microorganisms, the Kingdoms of Protists and Fungi

MAIN TEXTBOOK and FURTHER READINGS

Prescott's Microbiology, 7/e. Willey, Sherwood, Woolverton (2009)

Brock biology of Microorganisms, 12/e (2009) Part III

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING

Assignments:

Grading Scheme:

COURSE SCHEDULE

Course Outline

Week 1: introduction and microbial evolution

Week 2: microbial taxonomy

Week 3: microbial phylogeny

Week 4: major group of microorganisms: an overview

Week 5: Domain Archaea-introduction

Week 6: Crenarcheota

Week 7: Euryarchaeota

Week 8: Midterm exam

Week 9: Domain Eubacteria-other than proteobacteria

Week 10: Proteobacteria-alpha, beta

Week 11: Proteobacteria-gamma, delta, epsilon

Week 12: Gram positive bacteria

Week 13: Kingdom Protists

Week 14: Kingdom Fungi

Week 15: Terminal exam.

CONTACT DETAILS

Tel: 751-5941                e-mail: cwlee@gnu.ac.kr