BIOL 2420/2421: Microbiology

The following resources are supplemental in nature; they may not align with and are not intended to replace lectures, labs, textbooks, or any other materials required by your specific course and section, but may be useful tools or sources of additional information. If you find any of these resources helpful, we encourage you to use them as a model for creating your own personalized study materials.

Chapter Reviews

The following chapter reviews are based on Microbiology: A Systems Approach by Marjorie Kelly Cowan. They attempt to summarize and explain the most important ideas from each chapter of the textbook, but they do not cover every concept, and they are not a substitute for reading the textbook.

Supplemental Resources

Practice Problems and Quizzes

The following links contain sample quizzes for testing your knowledge of basic concepts in microbiology created by TCC Science Center staff. They are general tools that are not representative of quizzes or exams given by any specific instructor for any specific section of the course.

Quiz 1: Introduction to Microbiology
Quiz 2: The Chemistry of Biology
Quiz 3: Tools of the Laboratory
Quiz 4: Prokaryotic Profiles—The Bacteria and Archaea
Quiz 5: Eukaryotic Cells and Microorganisms

The following links lead to additional practice quizzes external to TCC, but which may be useful in reviewing course concepts.

McGraw Hill textbook self-quiz series; use the navigation bar on the left to find additional quizzes for each chapter
Picture quizzes for self-study

Video Library

The following videos have been curated by Science Learning Center tutors specifically for TCC microbiology students. They do not replace your lectures, labs, or other course materials, but can be used to supplement your learning.

Introduction to Microbiology and General Topics

PLAYLIST Microbiology by ATP: good introduction and descriptions of specific microbes

Chemistry for Microbiology

Cells and Cell Types

Microbial Growth and Metabolism

Fungi

Viruses

Disease and Epidemiology

Immunity

Lab Topics