Graduate Studies


BIOL 52900 Bacterial Physiology

Offering:
Spring, Credit 3.0

Prerequisites:

BIOL 43800 and 43900 and BCHM 56100 or CHM 53300.  BCHM 56100 and CHM 53300 may be taken concurrently.

Description:

A detailed consideration of several of the following topics from the primary literature:  function and regulation of central metabolic routes; mechanisms controlling intercellular signaling and differentiation; transport and secretion; specialized metabolism, including photosynthesis, methanogenesis and microbial alternative energy production; evolution and interaction of regulatory systems. 

The course emphasizes metabolic features that are common for all bacteria or for large groups of organisms and is intended for students in many different departments who need an understanding of bacterial physiology.  A major section of the course revolves around genomics and high-throughput techniques such as transcriptomics, proteomics and next-generation sequencing.  As part of this section, students are taught how to use free, web-based computer software that is available for finding and analyzing such information.

Instructor(s):
Louis A. Sherman  Thomas Walter 

E-mail:
lsherman@purdue.edu
waltert@purdue.edu

Textbook(s):

Text 1:  The Physiology and Biochemistry of Prokaryotes
Year/Edition:  2007-3rd
ISBN Number:  978-0-19-530168-7
Author(s):  White, David
Publisher:  Oxford University Press

Course Format:

BIOL 52900:

CRN

Instructional Type

Day

Time

Room(s)

 12305

75-min Lecture

TTH

1:30-2:45

LILY 3418



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