Microbiology

emily34812 · Jul 16, 2016

Staying on top of micro mostly is the same as keeping up with other classes. I would recommend reviewing your basic bio and chem concepts as well. For me flashcards helped with certain concepts and so did diagrams.

xdrowe · Jul 16, 2016

Staying on top of micro mostly is the same as keeping up with other classes. I would recommend reviewing your basic bio and chem concepts as well. For me flashcards helped with certain concepts and so did diagrams.

Thanks for sharing this, did you use flash cards for stuff like.. the steps to photosynthesis or glycolysis?

Banana nut, BSN, RN, EMT-B · Jul 16, 2016

Hi there! If I were you I would not memorize the steps to glycolysis or any other steps for that matter. In micro they will not make you memorize that stuff. That's more for a biochem class. My experience with micro for the first few weeks is all prokaryotic cell physiology. Undertsnand what peptidogylcan is, nag/nam, rhibosome structure of bateria, binary fission, DNA and protein synthesis, all the parts to the cell like flagella psuedopods, and types of bacteria like halophiles, thermophyles, supertheromyphyles differences between aeomeba, fungi, archea, protozoa, bacteria and helminths, . Also check out what kinds of bacteria are found in difference places on the body. know anaerobic vs. aerobic vs facultative anaerobic. look up what sterile technique is. Your gonna have to know what hemolysis is and the difference between alpha beta and gamma hemolytic bacteria and what it looks like on a blood agar. Look up all the different types of media used to grow bacteria like blood agar or manatol salt agar and a bunch of other ones.

Also know about HIV, CD4+ T cells, immune response to infectioin, adaptive and innate immunity,your gonna go over vaccines and virus physiology. These are what i remember off the top of my head. There is a lot more. Just start with bacteria physiology, metabolism (as a concept not memorizing all the steps of glycolisis, Krebs, ETC) and how DNA and protien work and the names of all the common bacteria found on/in the body. This would be a great start. Oh and you can look up names of the bacteria like what strepto- or staphylo- or bacilli- mean a cocci and diplo find out what they mean.

I just wrote a stream of conscientiousness and I don't have an ABC check for some of the words i put up there. Let me know if you need help understanding any concepts or info in your class I would be glad to help. Best of luck

xdrowe · Jul 16, 2016

Hi there! If I were you I would not memorize the steps to glycolysis or any other steps for that matter. In micro they will not make you memorize that stuff. That's more for a biochem class. My experience with micro for the first few weeks is all prokaryotic cell physiology. Undertsnand what peptidogylcan is, nag/nam, rhibosome structure of bateria, binary fission, DNA and protein synthesis, all the parts to the cell like flagella psuedopods, and types of bacteria like halophiles, thermophyles, supertheromyphyles differences between aeomeba, fungi, archea, protozoa, bacteria and helminths, . Also check out what kinds of bacteria are found in difference places on the body. know anaerobic vs. aerobic vs facultative anaerobic. look up what sterile technique is. Your gonna have to know what hemolysis is and the difference between alpha beta and gamma hemolytic bacteria and what it looks like on a blood agar. Look up all the different types of media used to grow bacteria like blood agar or manatol salt agar and a bunch of other ones.
Also know about HIV, CD4+ T cells, immune response to infectioin, adaptive and innate immunity,your gonna go over vaccines and virus physiology. These are what i remember off the top of my head. There is a lot more. Just start with bacteria physiology, metabolism (as a concept not memorizing all the steps of glycolisis, Krebs, ETC) and how DNA and protien work and the names of all the common bacteria found on/in the body. This would be a great start. Oh and you can look up names of the bacteria like what strepto- or staphylo- or bacilli- mean a cocci and diplo find out what they mean.
I just wrote a stream of conscientiousness and I don't have an ABC check for some of the words i put up there. Let me know if you need help understanding any concepts or info in your class I would be glad to help. Best of luck

Thanks for sharing!! All of these are terms are on my study guide. I kept the studyguide from the semester before when I dropped the course. I have been working on it for a couple of weeks, my goal is to have it complete by the time class starts so I can just add lecture notes to it. Thanks for the advice on memorization because I was going to start note cards when I am done I am up to chapter 13/out of 31.

Banana nut, BSN, RN, EMT-B · Jul 16, 2016

Nice! Yeah I think you will be fine if your already going through all this stuff. The class will be cake if all the terms and concepts are familiar before you go in.

Good luck!

Neywel120 · Jul 17, 2016

Thanks for sharing!! All of these are terms are on my study guide. I kept the studyguide from the semester before when I dropped the course. I have been working on it for a couple of weeks, my goal is to have it complete by the time class starts so I can just add lecture notes to it. Thanks for the advice on memorization because I was going to start note cards when I am done I am up to chapter 13/out of 31.

I 100% agree with Noctor_Durse, I am taking micro now for the summer and this will be our final's week. Definitely know what a Gram Stain is and all about the prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells are. Because that is what you will be learning your first week or second week of class as it is the introduction to micro.

barcode120x, RN, NP · Jul 18, 2016

Although I hardly opened my microbio book, I found the class itself interesting and I really enjoyed lab. Growing bacteria was fun hehe.

undertheoaktree · Jul 26, 2016

I used the app Brainscape to create questions from the powerpoints or memorize things. I also made a word document to use as a form to fill out info for each bacteria/virus that I had to know about. Go into the teacher's office during office hours and see if he/she can give you any advice for studying (since they make the tests.) Record all the lectures and listen to them on your drive, or while you are cleaning at home or whatever. Watch youtube videos of stuff you don't understand, until you understand it. Good luck!

Erythropoiesis · Jul 27, 2016

If you think it's interesting, and you have a solid foundation in biology, you'll do just fine. I paid attention in lecture, was active in my learning when the prof would ask questions, and honestly other than that I just read my book and studied about a week before the test and I made an A. I loved micro.