Download Syllabus here
1) Wed Jan 3 5:30-7:30 PM
Introduction Symbiosis (Orphan)
2) Fri
Jan 13 Time: 12-2 PM IN 215 North Mudd classroom (Kaitlyn Lucey)
1) Gilbert, Scott F., Emily
McDonald, Nicole Boyle, Nicholas Buttino, Lin Gyi, Mark Mai, N Prakash and J.
Robinson (2010)
Symbiosis as a source of
selectable epigenetic variation: taking the heat for the big guy Phil.
Trans. R. Soc. B. 365:671-678
Additional
reading:
McFall-Ngai, M. J., 2002. Unseen forces: The
influence of bacteria on animal development. Dev Biol 242, 1-14.
3) Wed Jan 18 5:30-7:30 (Alex Teng, Hank Yu)
Petersen, J. M., Zielinski, F. U., Pape, T.,
Seifert, R., Moraru, C., Amann, R., Hourdez, S., Girguis, P. R., Wankel, S.
D., Barbe, V., Pelletier, E., Fink, D., Borowski, C., Bach, W., and Dubilier,
N., 2011. Hydrogen is an energy source for hydrothermal vent symbioses.
Nature 476, 176-180.
Woyke et al.(2006) Symbiosis insights through metagenomic analysis of a microbial consortium. Nature 443.
Additional Reading:
Orphan and Hoehler (2011) Hydrogen for Dinner. News and Views
4) Wed Jan 25 5:30-7:30 (Ruzbeh Mosadeghi)
Petroni,
G., Spring, S., Schleifer, K. H., Verni, F., and Rosati, G., 2000. Defensive
extrusive ectosymbionts of Euplotidium (Ciliophora) that contain
microtubule-like structures are bacteria related to Verrucomicrobia. P Natl
Acad Sci USA 97, 1813-1817.
Please also read:
Rosati, G. (2005) Extrusive Bacterial Ectosymbiosis of ciliates.
See 'additional pdfs' for other articles
5) Wed Feb 1 5:30-7:30 (Miceala Shocklee)
Marchetti, M., Capela, D., Glew, M., Cruveiller,
S., Chane-Woon-Ming, B., Gris, C., Timmers, T., Poinsot, V., Gilbert, L. B.,
Heeb, P., Medigue, C., Batut, J., and Masson-Boivin, C., 2010. Experimental
Evolution of a Plant Pathogen into a Legume Symbiont. Plos Biol 8.
Synopsis of Marchetti article:
'Evolving towards Mutualism' (Gitig)
6) Wed Feb 8 5:30-7:30 (Brett Babin)
Hillesland,
K. L. and Stahl, D. A., 2010. Rapid evolution of stability and productivity
at the origin of a microbial mutualism. P Natl Acad Sci USA 107, 2124-2129.
7) (NOTE: VJO
out of town- reschedule)
NO CLASS THIS WEEK (Wed Feb 15 )
8) Wed Feb 22 5:30-7:30
(David Case)
Overmann, J., Tuschak, C., Frostl, J. M., and
Sass, H., 1998. The ecological niche of the consortium "Pelochromatium
roseum". Arch Microbiol 169, 120-128.
(Jungwoo Kim)
Summers,
Z. M., Fogarty, H. E., Leang, C., Franks, A. E., Malvankar, N. S., and
Lovley, D. R., 2010. Direct Exchange of Electrons Within Aggregates of an
Evolved Syntrophic Coculture of Anaerobic Bacteria. Science 330, 1413-1415.
9) SUN
March 4 final class + dinner (2-7 PM) (Elizabeth Reichert and Miceala Shocklee)
Teixeira, L., Ferreira, A., and Ashburner, M.,
2008. The Bacterial Symbiont Wolbachia Induces Resistance to RNA Viral
Infections in Drosophila melanogaster. Plos Biol 6, 2753-2763.
Additional paper TBD