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Microbiology

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Dr. Steven R. Spilatro
Department of Biology and Environmental Science
Marietta College

Protists

Contractile vacuole: Protozoa movements; Stentor Feeding and Diatoms video clips from: Sinauer Associates; "Living Cells"

Plasmodium life cycle: Sumanas, Inc http://www.sumanasinc.com/scienceinfocus/sif_malaria.html

Fungi

Budding yeast: Philip G. Meaden, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, United Kingdom 

Nematophagus fungi: Nordbring-Hertz, et al., 1995. Nematophagous fungi. Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film, Göttingen, Germany, Film No. C 1851. (Birgit Nordbring-Hertz, Hans-Börje Jansson, Department of Microbial Ecology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden;Trude Hard, Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film, Göttingen, Germany)

Amoeba phagocytosis link to Molecular Expressions website © by Michael W. Davidson and The Florida State University. All Rights Reserved.

Bacteria

Chromatium motility, Neurophil-Strep attcak, and Penicillin lysis videos from Cells Alive © Quill Graphics

Spirochete motility: © 2008 CytoViva, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cytoviva.com/main.htm

Endospore formation:  McGraw Hill Publishing
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chapter3/animation_quiz_1.html

Magnetotactic bacteria: Dept of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians University http://www.geophysik.uni-muenchen.de/research/biogeomagnetism

Virology

Budding of enveloped virus Copyright © Gary E. Kaiser http://student.ccbcmd.edu/courses/bio141/lecguide/unit3/viruses/prodlc.html

Viral Entry into cell from McGraw-Hill
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072556781/ student_view0/chapter18/animation_quiz_1.html

Herpes Simplex Virus infection from Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine
http://www-ermm.cbcu.cam.ac.uk/99000381h.htm

HIV/Retrovirus replication from WH Freeman Kuby Immunology
http://www.whfreeman.com/kuby/content/anm/kb03an01.htm

Metabolism

Glycolysis and Electron-transport: McGraw-Hill publishers

Stromatolite Explorer: a  'Fantastic Voyage'-like tour of the of the microbial community growing in the outer few centimeters of a stromatolite.  Sort of fun.  Prepared by NASA

Ecology

Biofilm video: Annenberg Media http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/biology/archive/animations.html

Flashing colonies: Danino et al(2010) Nature 463, 326-330 (Supplementary Movie 5) http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7279/full/nature08753.html

Thermal Vent Community video: Census of Marine Life http://www.coml.org/medres/highlights2006/hl2006videopublic.htm

Nitrogen cycle: Wright 'Environmental Science' http://www.nodvin.net/snhu/SCI219/demos/Chapter_3/Chapter_03/Present/animations/32_2_1a.html

Hoatsin video: © J. del Hoyo, Handbook of Birds of the World/Intenert Bird Collection http://www.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=1152

Genetics

DNA replication, Transformation-2, Conjugation, Hfr-conjugation and Gene cloning:  McGraw Hill Publishing  

Conjugation: Garland Science Publishing

Transformation-1: Howard Hughes Medical Institute http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/ animations/index.html

Immunology

T-cell activation, Vaccines and IgE/Allergies:  McGraw Hill Publishing  

Killer T-cell video: Garland Science Publishing