microbial diversity: (plp329). general topic: prokaryotic microbes august 29l.s. pierson...
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Microbial Diversity: (PLP329)
General Topic: Prokaryotic Microbes
August 29 L.S. PiersonIntroduction to Tree of Life; The Pseudomonads in Biological Control
September 5 R. Maier The Pseudomonads in Bioremediation
September 12 C. Rensing Metal Processing in Prokaryotes (Reading 1)
September 19 C. Kennedy Molecular Phylogeny of Microbes
September 26 C. Kennedy Symbiotic Proteobacteria in Plants
October 3 G. Songer Pathogenic Anaerobes
October 10 W. Nicholson The World of Gram Positive Bacteria
October 17 N. MoranSymbiotic Proteobacteria in Insects General Topic: Eukaryotic Microbes (Reading 1, 2)
General Topic: Eukaryotic Microbes
October 24 C. Sterling The Sarcomastigophora
October 31 M. Riggs The Apicomplexa: selected members
November 7 M. Orbach The World of Fungi General Topic: A Virus for Every Domain
General Topic: A Virus for Every Domain
November 14 B. Fane The Microviridae of Bacteria
November 21 J. Collins Animal Virus Diversity
December 5 J. Brown The Geminiviruses of Plants and Insects
Microbial Diversity 329: Lecture Schedule
http://ag.arizona.edu/PLP/courses/plp329/microbial_diversity.html
Thursdays, 4:00 - 5:15PM, Marley 341HWhere, When:
Course Website:
Microbial Diversity 329: Organization
Grading:
Midterm: take-home essay
Final: take-home essay
Why study biodiversity?
1. Humans altering/degrading environment at accelerating rate.
2. New uses of biodiversity for reducing suffering & environmental destruction.
3. Much diversity being lost through extinction.
If estimate 5 million spp., then can calculate rate at ~17,500 spp. / yr.
Estimates of biodiversity
Viruses 1,000
MoneraBacteria, Myxoplasma, Cyanophycota 4,760
FungiZygomycota, Ascomycota, etc. 46,983
Algae 26,900
Plantae 248,428
Protozoa 30,800
Animalia (including Arthropoda) 989,761
Chordata (Tunicata, Vertebrata, etc.) 43,852
Total 1,392,485
Kingdom/Major Division No. described species
(E.O. Wilson, The Current State of Biological Diversity, Nat. Acad. Sciences, 1988)
Estimates of total diversity between 5-30 million species!!!!
41,00041,000
250,000250,000
750,000750,000
Why biodiversity important?
Knowledge of biodiversity will mean little to most humans.
Depend completely on < 1% living spp. for our existence.
Myers (1984) est. utilize ~ 7,000 kinds of plants for food.
> 75,000 edible plants in existence.
Rest untested fallow.
Barely touched upon organisms that are beneficial for:
Pharmaceuticals
Fibers
Petroleum substitutes
Pest and disease controls
Goals of course
1. Introduce diversity of prokaryotes, eukaryotes, and viruses.
2. Discuss microbial phylogeny/taxonomy.
3. Expose students to wide range of research at The University of Arizona.
