Ecology of Waterborne Pathogens SOS 4307/5308
Power Point presentations and reading assigments:
Introduction: Walkerton Outbreak Power Point Presentation, Lecture Notes
Lecture 1. Waterborne Diseases: historical and social dimensions Power Point Presentation, Lecture Notes
Lecture 2. Environmentally-transmitted pathogens Power Point Presentation, Lecture Notes
Lecture 3. Microbial sample collection, microscopic techniques Power Point Presentation by C. Krediet
Lecture 4. Culture-based techniques Power Point Presentation Voice mp3 by C.Krediet. The mp3 file also has info on the Case Study
Lecture 5. Physiological methods Power Point Presentation Voice mp3
Lecture 6. Immunological Methods Power Point Presentation Voice mp3
Lecture 7. Nucleic acid-based Techniques Power Point Presentation Voice mp3 Designing Primers -- mp3
Student Presentation: SEL, a selective enrichment broth for simultaneous growth of Salmonella enterica, E.coli and Listeria. Kim and Bhunia 2008 Power Point
Student Presentation: Cross-kingdom amplification using bacteria-specific primers: complications for studies of coral microbial ecology Galkiewicz and Kellogg, 2008. Power Point Presentation Voice mp3
Lecture 8. Habitats where pathogens survive: Soil. Power Point Presentation Voice mp3
Lecture 9. Habitats where pathogens survive: Biosolids and Pathogens. Guest Lecture by Dr. G. O'Connor Power Point Presentation Voice mp3
Student Presentation: A rapid monitoring for Salmonella in compost De Clercq et al, 2007 Power Point Presentation Voice mp3
Student Presentation: Role of soil, crop debris and a plant pathogen in Salmonella enterica contamination of tomato plants Barak and Liang, 2008 Power Point Presentation Voice mp3
Lecture 10. Habitats where pathogens survive: Rhizosphere, phyllosphere and plant vascular tissues Power Point Presentation Voice mp3
Lecture 11. Habitats where pathogens survive: Air, Aquatic Environments Power Point Presentation Voice mp3 Addtl Reading: Snelling.pdf
Lecture 12. Populations, metapopulations. Power Point Presentation Voice mp3
Lecture 13. Sources of variation. Power Point Presentation Voice mp3
Student case study presentations Case Study1 Case Study2 Case Study3 Case Study4 Voice mp3
Lecture 14. Social behaviors, quorum sensing. Power Point Presentation. Voice mp3 Addtl reading: Dworkin, 2007
Lecture 15. Pathogens in biofilms. Power Point Presentation. Voice mp3 Addtl reading: Sauer et al., 2007; Lambert
Lecture 16. Pathogens as prey. Power Point Presentation. Voice mp3 Addtl reading: Jurkevitch, 2007
Lecture 17. Evolution of pathogens. Power Point Presentation. Voice mp3
Lecture 18. Evolution of antibiotic resistance. Power Point Presentation. Voice mp3 Addtl reading: Martinez et al., 2008
spring break
Mid-term Review Wednesday Discussion text mp3 Friday Discussion text mp3
Global view of antibiotic resistance by Melinda Hooper
Lecture 19. Emerging and re-emering pathogens Power Point Presentation Voice mp3
Lecture 20. Emerging pathogens of crops and animals Power Point PresentationVoice mp3
Student Presentation. Therone and Cloete paper Power Point Presentation by Hewitt and Meador Voice mp3
Lecture 21. Components of water quality. Power Point Presentation Addl reading Szewzyk 2000 Voice mp3
Lecture 22. Indicator organisms Power Point Presentation Voice mp3
Student Presentation. Blanch et al
Lecture 23. Tracking anthropogenic sources of pollution Power Point Presentation Additional readings: Peeler 2006, Savitcheva 2007
Lecture 24. Domestic Waste Treatment Power Point Presentation Voice mp3
Lecture 25. Drinking water distribution Power Point Presentation Voice mp3
Student Presentation. Microbial risk assessment. Coleman et al., 2007 Voice mp3 PowerPoint Presentation
Lecture 26. Microbiological safety of minimally processed foods, HACCP Power Point Presentation Voice mp3 FYI PPP by Richard Yudin