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John L's Complete Site Outline

featuring items at
www.jlindquist.com, www.splammo.net, and www.jlindquist.net
(and whatever might still be remaining at www.bact.wisc.edu).
E-mail address at bottom of page.

Piracy-related statement is at bottom of page (in red).

These web pages were built on a Mac and were originally optimized for a Mac screen with 640X480 resolution and over 10⁶ colors. All have been re-formatted and should also look OK at 800X600. The images need to be seen full-size (especially to preserve the clarity of any printed matter), so web browsers should not be reducing larger images to fit the size of the screen.

I have decided to forgo stylesheets and let each individual browser/viewer combination do its thing. The only HTML editor in use is my own routine (versions 4.1-4.3), and before long I will probably need to be 100% compliant to the latest standards. Presently I am barely out of the HTML 3.2 environment, but the character codes used should be reasonably up to date. The iCab browser is a highly useful HTML checker for web pages made with the Macintosh.

Regarding NETSCAPE 4.x and other older browsers:  If you are using Netscape 4.x with a PC, and clicking on a link to an image results in no action, press the control key as you click on the link again. For Macintosh users, if clicking on a link to an image results in a "broken image," try holding down the option key as you click on Reload in the pulldown menu. Other browsers (including Netscape 6 and 7) appear to work OK.  ALSO, older browsers (such as Netscape 4.x) and the WebTV Viewer may not be compatible with HTML character codes as currently specified.

Pages listed below that are linked from more detailed site menus (rather than from here) are in red. Those linked otherwise from pages on their site are in green.

Content and format of the items listed below are copyright 1997-2008 by John Lindquist.

All text, photos and explanatory tables (with or without images) are by myself unless credited otherwise. Use of these items on the web is always permitted if credit is given. My general photo policy is explained here. Be careful when reducing image size, as features can be altered considerably (e.g., fractured faces), and of course the photographer always gets the blame. Web browsers should not be set to reduce image size to that of the screen. Reproduction of images, tables and other information currently on-line for use as handouts in educational settings is OK. Reproduction of web pages for inclusion on other websites (.edu or otherwise) is not OK and never necessary. Setting up "mirror sites" without the author's permission is illegal. One can simply link to anything here, and these pages are always kept up to date.

"During the night a severe thunder storm came up... The lightning was incessant and vivid, the thunder was loud and reverberated in a sublime manner over the vast prairies, and was finally lost down the river in a distant roar." (A sublime quote from a diary of an expedition in one of the history pages.)

"Responding to a vision or two, the Mad Hatter (DJ at KZEV-FM in Clear Lake, Iowa) decided a tribute to Buddy Holly was in order on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his fatal plane crash just north of town. Holly, Ritchie Valens and J. P. Richardson died along with pilot Roger Peterson shortly after 1 AM on February 3, 1959 after their show at the Surf Ballroom. And so it came to pass that The Tribute to Buddy Holly Concert was held on Saturday night, February 3, 1979." (What evolved from this is covered here.)

Click on image for larger view. Click here for a relevant link.

Home Page and Extensions:

• Home Page
  
• Blair School, My Alma Mater
  
• Family Photos:  Mom
  
• The Cat Page
  
• Hailstone Photos!
  
• The Comet & Eclipse Page
  
• Photos from the Weekly "Commute" between Madison and Hayward (2 pages)
  
• Washington Island Photos
  
• Black River Falls Photos (2 pages)
  
• Miscellaneous Photos – more clouds, contrails, animals, etc.
  
• Miscellaneous Links

JOHN L's OLD MAP COLLECTION and Associated Info & Photos:

• Old Maps – centering on Northwestern Wisconsin (2 pages)
  
• References
  
• Evolution of the Territories and States from the old Northwest Territory
  
• Photos of the Source of the Brule and St. Croix Rivers (2 pages)
  
• Photos of Trains, Tracks and Trails (2 pages)
  
• Views of the Apostle Islands:
  
  • Maps by Schoolcraft & Bayfield; History & Geology-Related Photos
    
  • Long, Gull and Eagle Islands
    
  • Madeline Island – October, 2004
    
  • Island Tours & Ferry Rides with a Little Manitou Island "Featurette"; More Madeline Island Photos
    
  • Madeline Island Ice Road & Winter Photos (and a movie!) 
    
  • Shoreline Photos
• The Legendary Steamboat Island
  
• The Coppermine Dam on the St. Croix River
  
• Morgan Falls and St. Peter's Dome

More History:

• Captain Allen's 1844 Expedition to the Source of the Des Moines River (4 pages)
  
• 1862 Report of the USDA Commissioner
  
• Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan:
  
  • The Early-Warning "Year 2000 Time Bomb" Letter to President Clinton – written in July, 1996
    
  • Senator Moynihan's Y2K Timeline
• John L's Trip to Dealey Plaza

Botany:

• The Mullein Page (with 3-D image!)
  
• Carnivorous Plants:
  
  • Index Page
    
  • Bacteria Associated with Sarracenia purpurea
    
  • Literature Review (4 pages)
    
  • Photos (2 pages)

Concert Photos:

• Events at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa (an ongoing work in progress with concert photos, stories, etc.):
  
  • The yearly "Tributes" and Winter Dance Parties (1979-2002) are on jlindquist.com and have their home page here (8 pages altogether so far).
    
  • A special 2002 tribute to Buddy Holly and associates.
    
  • The more-recent yearly events (2003 and beyond) are on splammo.net and start here. New additions include 2006 and 2007.
• More photos are on jlindquist.net (indexed here) and include Roy Orbison, Rick Nelson and Bobby Vee in Concert and some shots from the 2007 Green Bay rockabilly event.

More Musicians of Note:

• John L's Breadsite (18 pages so far)
  
• The Crickets – a list of personnel through the years

Splammo:

• The World Wide Web's very first Splammo Page! (Now, according to Google, there are dozens – perhaps hundreds – of pages that utilize this magic word.)
  
• splammo.net and splammo.com

The Bacteriology 102 Website for Fall Semester, 2006:

• Home Page (Course Introduction, Grading System, Study Hints & Answer Keys, Links and More Links)
  
• Regarding Course Content and Lab Manual:
  
  • List of Topics Covered in the Course
    
  • Manual Table of Contents with Links
    
  • "Index" of Important Items in Manual
    
  • Procedures for First Six Days of Lab
    
  • Updates and Schedule for Current Semester
    
  • Archived Updates from Recent Semesters
• Some Special Things to Think About:
  
  • Flow Charts and Tables
    
  • Dichotomous Keys
    
  • Overview of Catabolism and Oxygen Relationships
    
  • Reasons Why an Organism May Grow Anaerobically
    
  • Terms and Concepts Needing Further Explanation
    
  • A Special Set of General Review Questions
    
  • Review Questions on Media Formulation
    
  • A Special Review of Kligler Iron Agar (KIA)
    
  • A "Programming" Exercise for KIA-like Media
    
  • Biological Weaponry Updates and Information

  "Rather than (or in addition to) using 'oxygen relationships' as descriptive terms – however they may be determined or defined – we can characterize and classify bacteria more consistently and comprehensively by applying the method(s) of energy generation of which an organism is capable: aerobic respiration anaerobic respiration fermentation anoxygenic phototrophy oxygenic phototrophy" (One of the foundations of microbiology examined in Bacteriology 102. More about this is here.)

  "A differential medium can be formulated ('programmed') to exploit the characteristics of one or more particular physiological types of organisms, and the net result from competing alkaline and acid reactions can assist greatly in the detection and differentiation of such organisms." (A field of classical microbiology that is still fully viable and exploitable. This thought continues here.)

  "      To isolate a certain kind of organism from a natural source, we always try to duplicate the original habitat of the organisms in the laboratory as much as possible." (One of our true/false questions that is most certainly false. If this could actually be accomplished, it would not get us anywhere. More about this concept is covered here.)

• Selected Microbial Groups and the Enrichment & Isolation Experiments:
  
  • General Overview of Bacterial Enrichment and Isolation
    
  • Supplemental Review Page for the Enrichment and Isolation Experiments
    
  • Guidelines for the Preparation of Formal Lab Reports (2 pages)
    
  • Sample Lab Report
    
  • Exps. 9.3, 10.2 & 11 – Additional Notes & Photos
    
  • Index of Selected Microbial Groups
    
  • Purple non-sulfur photosynthetic bacteria
    
  • Bacillus (2 pages)
    
  • Salmonella
    
  • Enteric bacteria (3 pages)
    
  • Lactic acid bacteria
    
  • Bioluminescent bacteria
    
  • Iron bacteria
• More Lab-related Items:
  
  • The CFU Page
    
  • Explanation of Scientific Notation
    
  • Some Aseptic Transfer Procedures
    
  • Review of Microscope Technique
    
  • Directions for the Phase-Contrast Microscope
    
  • Exp. 5.4 – The Growth Curve
    
  • More Information on Growth Curves
    
  • Exp. 7 – Key to the Known Cultures
    
  • Exp. 8 – Review of Mutation and Recombination
    
  • Exps. 12, 13 & 14 – Review
• Answer Keys:
  
  • Answer Key to Old Quiz Questions in Manual
    
  • Answer Key to Old Final Exam in Manual
    
  • Solutions to Sample Dilution Problems: Set 1, Set 2 and Set 3

Selected General Microbiology Topics:  (Most are probably applicable to any general microbiology lab course.)

• Nutrition and Cultivation of Bacteria (2 pages)
  
• General Overview of Catabolism
  
• Review of the Cycles of Elements
  
• Proper Usage of Terms and Scientific Names
• Dilution Theory:
  
  • Dilution-Plating (2 pages)
    
  • The MPN Method (with 3-Tube MPN Table)
    
  • A 5-Tube MPN Table
    
  • Practice Dilution-Plating Problems ("for the general public") and their Solutions
    
  • Practice Dilution-Plating and MPN Problems ("for the general public") and their Solutions
• The Differential Media Site:
  
  • Main Index Page
    
  • Introduction (General Principles of pH-Based Differential Media)
    
  • Glucose Fermentation Broth and O/F Medium (2 pages)
    
  • Thioglycollate Medium and the Concept of Oxygen Relationships
    
  • Motility Medium
    
  • Starch Agar: Amylase Test
    
  • Blood Agar: Hemolytic Reactions and the CAMP Test
    
  • Enteric Plating Media (MacConkey, Hektoen Enteric, BG and XLD Agars; 4 pages)
    
  • EMB Agar
    
  • Multipurpose Enteric Screening Media (KIA, TSI, LIA and MIO)
    
  • Special Pages, some of which may be suitable as handouts: Programming an Enteric Plating Medium, KIA and MIO, TSI and LIA, Thioglycollate Medium, Glucose Fermentation Broth, and Glucose O/F Medium
• Bacterial Identification:
  
  • General Concepts
    
  • The API-20E Identification System
    
  • Genotypic Identification
    
  • A Comparison of 16S rRNA Gene Sequences – for IFRAME-capable browsers and older browsers
• Applied Food Microbiology:
  
  • Water Availability for Microbes in Foods
    
  • Sauerkraut Fermentation (including old Bact. 324 Procedure and Class Data)
    
  • Sausage Fermentation and Greening (including old Bact. 324 Procedure)

More Courses:

To what plant does this flower belong? Click here.

• Farm Microbiology Short Course Website:
  
  • Home Page
    
  • Syllabus
    
  • Lecture Outlines with Notes (downloadable pdf files)
    
  • Accumulated and Archived Lecture Notes (7 pages)
• Farm Microbiology Short Course Website for 2003 (archived):
  
  • Home Page
    
  • Syllabus
    
  • Lecture Outlines and Notes (7 pages of each)
• Bacteriology 304 Website for Fall Semester, 2003 (archived):
  
  • Home Page (Course Introduction, Useful Links, etc.)
    
  • The Three Quizzes Given This Semester
    
  • The Beta-Galactosidase Page
    
  • Some Aseptic Transfer Procedures
    
  • Review of Microscope Technique
    
  • Directions for the Phase-Contrast Microscope
• Bacteriology/Food Science 324 Website for 1999 (archived):
  
  • Home Page (Course Introduction, Useful Links, etc.)
    
  • Old Quiz Questions and Answer Keys (9 pages)
    
  • Sample Problems and Answer Keys (6 pages)
    
  • Old Final Exams and Answer Key (3 pages)

E. B. Fred Hall:

• The Oct. 30, 2002 Acid Spill
  
• The Groundbreaking and Construction of the Original Bacteriology Building
  
• The Demolition of Fred Hall (presently 16 pages of photos including the Nov. 7, 2004 aurora display)

Items listed on this site outline are the authorized and perpetually updated sites and pages that are intended for the web.

Note that nearly all of my web efforts are presently on private domains, having been moved from the UW-Madison web servers. Around 2000, these private domains were providing a place to put "mirror sites" for my bacteriology-related web pages, and – as I found these servers to be ultra-secure, reliable and easy to work with – I wound up putting virtually everything there exclusively. These web pages will always remain free and accessible 24/7, and they are immune to hackers and the vagaries of the campus power supply.

Regrettably, one still has to contend with those web pirates (easily recognized as such) that feel free to raid websites (especially on the .edu domains) to add pages created by others to their own .edu sites – causing broken links, missing images, and other alterations that consequently debase the efforts of the original creators. Keep an eye out for them as "their pages" unfortunately tend to rank fairly high with search engines.

Bacteriological E-mail:
lindquis @ bact.wisc.edu
Other E-mail:
jlindquist @ arismail.com 

This page has been on the web since 5/12/97
and was originally titled "WHAT SNEW."
Last modified on 4/8/08 at 7:45 PM, CDT.
John Lindquist, Department of Bacteriology,
University of Wisconsin – Madison.