CALS Farm and Industry Short Course Program

FARM MICROBIOLOGY
WEBSITE

Starting with the 2007-08 academic year, the primary web portal for this course is the Learn@UW website. Selected items are archived on this website as noted below.

Welcome to our
Farm
Microbiology
Website.

E-mail the instructor at lindquis@bact.wisc.edu.

This website was developed for Farm Microbiology students in the Farm and Industry Short Course at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Much of the material in the archived lecture notes is based on that which was prepared by the previous instructor, Dr. Kenneth Todar.

Some of the images on this site are not ours. Credits are pending.

Course Syllabus for 2007-08 (Third term) (PDF File).

Sample Mid-Term Quiz Questions (PDF File).

PDF Files of Lecture Outlines for 2007-08 (as posted at Learn@UW with notes inserted):

• Part 1: Introduction to Microbiology.
  
  
• Part 2: Basic Structure and Genetics of Bacteria.
  
  
• Part 3: Basic Metabolism and Nutrition of Bacteria.
  
  
• Part 4: Food Microbiology – General Principles.
  
  
• Part 5: Soil Microbiology, Cycling of Elements and Biodegradation.
  
  
• Part 6: Microbial Diseases of Humans, Animals and Plants.
  
  
• Part 7: Water and Wastewater Microbiology.
  

These notes may be helpful to clarify and expand on your own lecture notes. Not everything in these notes will be covered in any upcoming term, and additional material will be introduced. With quizzes and exams in mind – whether in-class or take-home – the lecture notes on our website cannot substitute for actual lecture attendance.

As an appendix, here are lecture notes accumulated and archived through the 2005-06 academic year:

• Section 1 – Introduction to Microbiology.
  
• Section 2 – Basic Structure, Genetics, Habitats, Physiology, Nutrition and Growth of Bacteria.
  
• Section 3 – General Survey of Important Prokaryotes (Bacteria & Archae).
  
• Section 4 – Soil Microbiology, Cycling of Elements and Biodegradation.
  
• Section 5 – Food Microbiology – including the specialized areas of Dairy and Silage Microbiology.
  
• Section 6 – Microbial Diseases of Humans, Animals and Plants.
  
• Section 7 – Water and Wastewater Microbiology.

A growing list of relevant and interesting links:

• Some Ag History:  An overview written in 1862 concerning the state of American agriculture can be read here.
  

Page last modified on 2/9/09 at noon, CST.
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