Welcome to the Department of Bacteriology
Our Department has been devoted to excellence in microbiology research, teaching, and service since its inception in 1914. We encourage you to learn more about us by exploring the resources here or by visiting us in our spectacular new home in the Microbial Sciences Building.
Bacteriology Historical Tidbits
1904 Russell and E. F. Turneaure (Engineering) studied the process of sewage treatment and disposal including the survival of bacterial sewage organisms in the Chicago Drainage Canal. They showed that the typhoid fever causative agent did not survive the rigors of travel through the canal and rivers leading to the St Louis water supply. Click here to read more.Announcements
Thu, May 24: Distinguished Lecture Series (see all)
Dr. Emmanuelle Bouveret, Laboratoire Ingéniérie Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM), CNRS and Aix Marseille University
Title: Lipid Metabolism: Target and Sensor for the Stringent Response in E. coli
Dr. Emmanuelle Bouveret, Laboratoire Ingéniérie Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM), CNRS and Aix Marseille University
Title: Lipid Metabolism: Target and Sensor for the Stringent Response in E. coli
Thu, May 31: Distinguished Lecture Series (see all)
Dr. Frederic Barras, Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne (LCB), CNRS and Aix-Marseille University
Title: Fe-S biogenesis in E. coli
Dr. Frederic Barras, Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne (LCB), CNRS and Aix-Marseille University
Title: Fe-S biogenesis in E. coli
