Historical Experiments in Microbiology

The Cell & Cellular Structures

Humoral Immunity: Overview

Humoral Immunity: Antibody Function

Humoral Immunity: Clonal Selection and Expansion

Humoral Immunity: Primary Immune Response

Humoral Immunity: Secondary Immune Response

The Immune System

Vaccines: Function

Vaccines: Types

ELISA for detecting pregnancy

Complement: Overview

Complement: Activation

Complement: Results

Host Defenses: Overview

Inflammation: Overview

Inflammation: Steps

The Inner Life of the Cell: Leukocyte Extravasation

Phagocytosis: Overview

Phagocytosis: Mechanism

Phagocytosis: Microbes that Evade it

Antimicrobial Agents

Host-Pathogen Relationships & Toxicity

Virulence Factors: Endotoxins

Virulence Factors: Enteric Pathogens

Virulence Factors: Exotoxins

Virulence Factors: Hiding from Host Defenses

Virulence Factors: Inactivating Host Defenses

Virulence Factors: Penetrating Host Tissues

Nosocomial Infections: Overview

Nosocomial Infections: Prevention

Microscopy and Staining: Overview

virtual Gram stain

virtual AFB stain

Electron Microscopy

Light Microscopy

Metabolism:  An Educational Video

Metabolism

Metabolism:  The Big Picture

Glycolysis: An Overview

Glycolysis Steps

The Kreb's Cycle: An Overview

The Kreb's Cycle

Electron Transport Chain: The Process

Electron Transport Chain: An Overview

Electron Transport Chain: Transport

Fermentation

Oxidation & The Electron Transport Chain

Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis II

Comparing Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis:  The Light Independent Reactions

Noncyclic Photosynthesis

Microbial Diversity & Environmental Sampling

Competitive Enzyme Inhibition

Non-Competitive/Allosteric Enzyme Inhibition

Enzymatic Reaction Steps

Bacterial Growth Curve

Binary Fission

Population Growth

Control of Bacterial Growth

Chemotherapeutic Agents

DNA Replication

DNA Structure

DNA Replication: Overview

DNA Replication: Forming the Replication Fork

DNA Replication: Replication Proteins

DNA Replication: Synthesis

Transcription: Overview

Transcription: The Process

Translation: Overview

Translation: Genetic Code

Translation: The Process

Translation

Mutagens

Mutations: Repair

Mutations: Types

Point Mutations

Operons: Overview

Operons: Induction

Operons: Repression

Repression

Horizontal Gene Transfer: Overview

Conjugation: Overview

Conjugation: F Factor

Conjugation: Hfr Conjugation

Transduction: Generalized Transduction

Transduction: Specialized Transduction

Transformation

Transformation II

Transformation III

The Hershey Chase Experiment

Genetic Engineering

DNA Fingerprinting

Gel Electrophoresis Animation Website

DNA Extraction Animation Website

Restriction Enzymes & Recombinant DNA Technology

DNA sequencing

PCR: The Components

PCR: The Process

The Polymerase Chain Reaction

Putting It All Together: Gene Therapy

ELISA for detecting pregnancy

A Prion Video

Prions: Overview

Prions: Characteristics

Prions: Diseases

Dichotomous Keys: Overview

Dichotomous Key: Practice

Dichotomous Key: Sample with Flowchart

Viruses

Viral Replication: Animal Viruses

Viral Replication: Overview

Viral Replication: Temperate Bacteriophages

Viral Replication: Virulent Bacteriophages

Bacteriophages

Serial Dilutions

Serial Dilutions & Solutions

Epidemiology: Occurrence of Disease

Epidemiology: Transmission of disease

Wet Mount Motility Video

Flagellar Movement

Flagellar Arrangement

Flagellar Structure

Motility

Streak Plate Animation

Forms of Resistance

Origins of Resistance

mechanisms of Abx resistance

cell wall formation

beta-lactam Abx inhibition

beta-lactam mechanism of action