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CELL BIO II Experiment #4:
CELL BIO II Experiment #4:
*'''Introduction'''<span style="font-weight:bold;color:OrangeRed;"> 1 point</span> ''':'''
*'''Introduction'''<span style="font-weight:bold;color:OrangeRed;"> 1 point</span> ''':'''
  Statement of objectives or aims of the experiment in the student’s own words.
<pre>Statement of objectives or aims of the experiment in the student’s own words.
   (not to be copied from the Lab Manual)
   (not to be copied from the Lab Manual)</pre>
*'''MATERIALS AND METHODS'''<span style="font-weight:bold;color:OrangeRed;"> 0 points</span> ''':'''
*'''MATERIALS AND METHODS'''<span style="font-weight:bold;color:OrangeRed;"> 0 points</span> ''':'''
  This should be a brief synopsis and must include any changes or deviations  
<pre>This should be a brief synopsis and must include any changes or deviations from the procedures  
  from the procedures outlined in the Lab Manual. Specify which organisms were  
outlined in the Lab Manual. Specify which organisms were used to create the phylogram.</pre>
  used to create the phylogram.
*'''RESULTS'''<span style="font-weight:bold;color:OrangeRed;"> 4 points</span> ''':'''
*'''RESULTS'''<span style="font-weight:bold;color:OrangeRed;"> 4 points</span> ''':'''
  A print out of the phylogram will suffice.
<pre>A print out of the phylogram will suffice.</pre>
*'''DISCUSSION'''<span style="font-weight:bold;color:OrangeRed;"> 4 points</span> ''':'''
*'''DISCUSSION'''<span style="font-weight:bold;color:OrangeRed;"> 4 points</span> ''':'''
  Responses to discussion questions.
<pre>Responses to discussion questions.</pre>
*'''SUMMARY |CONCLUSION'''<span style="font-weight:bold;color:OrangeRed;"> 1 point</span> ''':'''
*'''SUMMARY |CONCLUSION'''<span style="font-weight:bold;color:OrangeRed;"> 1 point</span> ''':'''
  Two sentence summary of your findings.
<pre>Two sentence summary of your findings.</pre>
*'''REFERENCES'''<span style="font-weight:bold;color:OrangeRed;"> 1 point</span> ''':'''
*'''REFERENCES'''<span style="font-weight:bold;color:OrangeRed;"> 1 point</span> ''':'''
  Credit is given for pertinent references obtained from sources other than the Lab Manual.
<pre>Credit is given for pertinent references obtained from sources other than the Lab Manual.
   This point is in addition to the 10 for the lab report..
   This point is in addition to the 10 for the lab report..</pre>


===INTRODUCTION===
===INTRODUCTION===
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| Evolution can be defined as descent with modification.  In other words, changes in the nucleotide sequence of an organsim’s genomic DNA is inherited by the next generation.  According to this, all organisms are related through descent from an ancestor that lived in the distant past.  Since that time, about 4 billion years ago, life has undergone an extensive process of change as new kinds of organisms arose from other kinds existing in the past.<br /> The evolutionary history of a group is called a phylogeny, and can be represented by a phylogram (Figure 1).  A major goal of evolutionary analysis is to understand this history.  We do not have direct knowledge of the path of evolution, as by definition, extinct organisms no longer exist.  Therefore, phylogeny must be inferred indirectly.  Originally, evolutionary analysis was based upon the organisms’ morphology and metabolism.  This is the basis for the Linnaean classification scheme (the “Five Kingdoms” scheme).  However, this method can lead to mistaken relationships.  Different species living in the same environment may have similar morphologies in order to deal with specific environmental factors.  Thus these similarities have nothing to do with how related the organisms are, but are a direct result of shared surroundings.  However, with the advent of genomics, organisms can be grouped based upon their sequence relatedness.  Since evolution is a process of inherited nucleotide change, analyzing DNA sequence differences allows for the reconstruction of a better phylogenetic history.<br/>
| Evolution can be defined as descent with modification.  In other words, changes in the nucleotide sequence of an organsim’s genomic DNA is inherited by the next generation.  According to this, all organisms are related through descent from an ancestor that lived in the distant past.  Since that time, about 4 billion years ago, life has undergone an extensive process of change as new kinds of organisms arose from other kinds existing in the past.<br /> The evolutionary history of a group is called a phylogeny, and can be represented by a phylogram (Figure 1).  A major goal of evolutionary analysis is to understand this history.  We do not have direct knowledge of the path of evolution, as by definition, extinct organisms no longer exist.  Therefore, phylogeny must be inferred indirectly.  Originally, evolutionary analysis was based upon the organisms’ morphology and metabolism.  This is the basis for the Linnaean classification scheme (the “Five Kingdoms” scheme).  However, this method can lead to mistaken relationships.  Different species living in the same environment may have similar morphologies in order to deal with specific environmental factors.  Thus these similarities have nothing to do with how related the organisms are, but are a direct result of shared surroundings.  However, with the advent of genomics, organisms can be grouped based upon their sequence relatedness.  Since evolution is a process of inherited nucleotide change, analyzing DNA sequence differences allows for the reconstruction of a better phylogenetic history.<br/>
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|[[File:TreeLife.png|thumb|center|alt=The Tree of Life.|Tree of life based on 16S ribosomal RNA (image credit: NR Pace, Science 1997)]]
|[[File:TreeLife.PNG|center|alt=The Tree of Life.|Tree of life based on 16S ribosomal RNA (image credit: NR Pace, Science 1997)]]
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|Of course, when comparing DNA sequences, the question of which genes to use arises.  The most widely used genes are those coding for the 16S rRNA gene in prokaryotes and the 18S rRNA gene in eukaryotes.  These genes code for small subunit ribosomal RNA and are used for evolutionary analysis because they 1) are found in all organisms, 2) are functionally conserved, 3) vary only slightly between organisms (their nucleotide sequence changed slowly throughout evolution), and 4) have adequate length.  In this lab, you will be performing evolutionary analysis by constructing a phylogram of 15 microbes spanning bacteria, archaea and eukarya.  You will find and download rRNA sequences, align them and use that alignment to create a phylogram.
|Of course, when comparing DNA sequences, the question of which genes to use arises.  The most widely used genes are those coding for the 16S rRNA gene in prokaryotes and the 18S rRNA gene in eukaryotes.  These genes code for small subunit ribosomal RNA and are used for evolutionary analysis because they 1) are found in all organisms, 2) are functionally conserved, 3) vary only slightly between organisms (their nucleotide sequence changed slowly throughout evolution), and 4) have adequate length.  In this lab, you will be performing evolutionary analysis by constructing a phylogram of 15 microbes spanning bacteria, archaea and eukarya.  You will find and download rRNA sequences, align them and use that alignment to create a phylogram.
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The branches define the order of descent and the ancestry of the nodes.  The branch length represents the number of changes that have occurred along that branch.  Thus, the more recently two organisms share a common ancestor, the more closely related they are.  Trees can be either “unrooted” or “rooted”.  Unrooted trees show the relationships among the microorganisms under study, but not the evolutionary path leading from an ancestor to a strain.<br/>
The branches define the order of descent and the ancestry of the nodes.  The branch length represents the number of changes that have occurred along that branch.  Thus, the more recently two organisms share a common ancestor, the more closely related they are.  Trees can be either “unrooted” or “rooted”.  Unrooted trees show the relationships among the microorganisms under study, but not the evolutionary path leading from an ancestor to a strain.<br/>
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|[[File:phylo.png|center|alt= The Tree of Life.|Phylogram with internal nodes (a, b, c, d) and tips (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).  Nodes at the tips are species that exist today, and internal nodes are extinct ancestors.]]
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[[ File:Phylo.PNG|center|Phylogram with internal nodes (a, b, c, d) and tips (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).  Nodes at the tips are species that exist today, and internal nodes are extinct ancestors.]]
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|A rooted tree shows the unique path from an ancestor (internal node) to each strain.  Trees are rooted by inclusion of an outgroup in the analysis.  An outgroup is an organism that is less closely related to the other organisms under study than the organisms are to each other.
|A rooted tree shows the unique path from an ancestor (internal node) to each strain.  Trees are rooted by inclusion of an outgroup in the analysis.  An outgroup is an organism that is less closely related to the other organisms under study than the organisms are to each other.
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===February 26===
===DISCUSSION===
*Appendix 1. More PERL ([[Media:Bio425_more_perl.pdf|Lecture Slides]])
*'''Homework'''
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! Assignment #4
! Discussion Questions
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| '''Beginning Perl'''<br />
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This time, both novices and experienced programmers do the same homework, with one small difference in the use of the program.
#Answer the following questions based on a Tree of Life shown in Figure 1.
 
#*a. What do internal and terminal nodes represent?
Recall from the first class where I introduced the FASTA-format. In this format, sequence data is recorded as follows:
#*b. What do branch lengths represent? What’s the unit and meaning of the scale bar?
<pre>>SequenceID_info1_info2
#*c. Identify the positions of Humans (Homo), corn (Zea), E.coli, and Bacillus on the tree. Use the scale bar to estimate which pair is evolutionarily more distant: human/corn or E.coli/Bacillus?
atgcgtgatg...</pre>
#In Figure 2, which two species are more closely related: 1 and 2, 2 and 3, or 1 and 4?  Which are more distantly related?  How did you determine this?
 
#In Figure 2, is 1 more, less, or equally related to 4 and 5? Explain your rationale.
Of course, the ID portion is itself not standardized, and the sequence can also be an amino acid sequence. For simplicity, let's assume that in the ID field, you have a "Strain" name followed by a "protein" name, separated by an underscore (_). You will write a program to read a FASTA file with the ID format described above, and a nucleotide sequence. For both novice-level and experienced level programmers, your program will:
#List and describe the key steps of constructing a phylogenetic tree.
 
#Why do we use 18S rRNA information for yeast and 16S for prokaryotes?  Could we use other molecules as phylogenetic markers?  What constitutes a “good” phylogenetic marker for building a tree of life?
# Pick out the strain name, the protein name, and the nucleotide sequence.
#'''Bonus Question'''
# Calculate he length of each sequence.
#*Define 16S “phylo-species” and “metagenomics”. Describe how PCR amplification and sequencing of 16S rRNA molecules from environmental microbial samples (e.g., sea water, soil, human gut, hot springs) can be used to define species composition of an environment.
# Calculate the GC content (in percent) of each sequence.
# Calculate the percent composition of each nucleotide (base composition).
 
'''Novice-level task:'''
 
Your program will just print the above information '''for all sequences''', in a readable form. Sample output could be:
<pre>Strain: B31
Protein: ospA
Seq Length: 819
GC content: 33.58%
Base composition: A 42.98 %, T 23.44 %, C 14.77 %, G 18.80 %</pre>
If your percentages have more than 2 decimal places, '''that's OK.'''
 
'''Experienced-level task:'''
 
The only difference from novices is that your program will '''ask the user for the name of a strain and protein, separated by an underscore''' (ie, B31_opsA). Once given that input, it will print the exact same output as above, but only for the sequence described by that input. If the input doesn't exist, it will say so and exit. Your program will '''continue to ask the user for the sequence ID''' until the user types 'quit' or they give an invalid sequence ID. You can do this by using a while loop.
 
'''Notes'''
 
Calculating the GC content and the base composition is easy if you make use of the tr (transliterate) function as described at the bottom of page 232, and divide the result by the sequence length. GC content is just the sum of total G and C nucleotides, divided by the sequence length. I do want '''percents''', so remember to multiply the results by 100 and to append a '%' at the end.
 
Getting the strain name and the protein name separately can be accomplished with the split() function (check new slides or search on the internet).
 
You will test your program the with the file /data/yoda/b/student.accounts/bio425_2011/data/Borrelia_osp.dna.fasta as input. You don't have to include the file itself with your homework, but I do still want you to copy the program output and submit it with your assignment.
 
Again, the program cannot use any outside dependencies/modules such as BioPerl (supposing you know how to use it.) Besides that, you can implement it however you like. If you know about references, '''it is possible to do this assignment without using them.'''
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===March 5===
===References===
 
*Chapter 2. Data Search and Alignments [[Media:Chapter2.pdf|Lecture Slides Ch.2-Che]]
*Object-Oriented PERL & BioPerl (Link to [http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/Main_Page Bioperl] site and [http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/HOWTOs HOWTOs])
*'''Homework:'''
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! Assignment #5
! Reference & Resource
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| '''BioPerl Assignment'''
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#Jungck, J. R.; Fass, M.F.; Stanley, E. D. (ed.). 2003 (2006 Revision). Microbes Count! Problem Posing, Problem Solving, and Peer Persuasion in Microbiology. BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium. (Chapter 6, pg 191)
For this assignment, you will use the .predict file you made with glimmer in [[#February_19 | assignment 3]].
#Holt. J. G. Editor-in-Chief (1984). Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume 1-4. Williams & Wilkins: Baltimore. http://www.cme.msu.edu/bergeys/pubinfo.html
 
If connecting from home: open gedit '''before''' logging on to mysql.
 
For BioPerl to work, you '''must''' log on to mysql.
 
'''Complete the assignment by following these steps.''' Make sure each part works '''before''' trying to solve the next part:
# Make a perl script that reads each line from the .predict file that describes a gene (skip the heading line).
# Save each line ('''hint:''' array, anyone?)
# Now, in the same script, use '''Bio::SeqIO''' to read the lp17.fas file '''and get a Bio::Seq object.'''
# Go through each line saved from the .predict file. Remember: these are predicted orfs:
## For each of these, '''extract the start and stop positions and "strand" values''' (the three values following the orf name).
## If the strand starts with a '-', it means the orf is on the reverse complement, so you need to use the Bio::Seq method "revcom".
## Now, extract the orf sequence using the start & stop values using the Bio::Seq method "subseq", paying special attention to sequences on on the '-' strand.
## Print both the DNA sequence AND the protein sequence.
 
See these sample scripts for how to use revcom and subseq:
<pre>../bio425_2011/sample-perl-scripts/revcom_translate_seq.pl
../bio425_2011/sample-perl-scripts/subseq.pl
</pre>
 
And I linked to the HOWTO above in case you forgot.
 
'''Output should be informative:'''
<pre>
ORF: orf00002
DNA: ...
Protein: ...
</pre>
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'''For next class, read CH 3'''
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===March 12===
*Chapter 3. Molecular Evolution [[Media:CH3.pdf|Lecture Slides Ch.3-Che]]
* '''Homework:''' (TBA)
 
===March 19===
*REVIEW Session for MID-TERM EXAMS
<!--*Assignment #7. '''(To be posted)'''
Questions & Problems (pg.54-55): 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4-->
 
===March 26===
*MID-TERM
<!--*Assignment #8. '''(To be posted)'''
Questions & Problems (pg.75-76): 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 (use first ten codons), 3.4, 3.5, 3.7-->
 
===April 2===
*'''Chapter 4.''' Phylogenetics I. Distance Methods  [[Media:CH4.pdf|Lecture Slides Ch.4-Che]]
*"Tree Thinking" Puzzles - ([http://diverge.hunter.cuny.edu/~weigang/lab-website/SummerWorkshop/Baum_etal05_sup_part1.pdf Download])
*'''Tutorial:''' PROTDIST and NEIGHBOR using [http://mobyle.pasteur.fr/cgi-bin/portal.py#welcome Mobyle Pasteur]
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! Assignment #6
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| '''Chapter 4 ''' Questions & Problems (pg.95-96): 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.7, 4.8
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===April 9===
*'''Chapter 5.''' Phylogenetics II. Character-Based Methods  [[Media:CH4.pdf|Lecture Slides Ch.5-Che]]
*'''Tutorial:''' DNAML and bootstrap analysis using [http://mobyle.pasteur.fr/cgi-bin/portal.py#welcome Mobyle Pasteur]
<!--*Assignment #10. '''(To be posted)'''
Questions & Problems (pg.115-116): 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4-->
 
===April 16===
*'''Topic:''' Relational Database and SQL
*'''Tutorial:''' the Borrelia Genome Database
*'''Homework:''' SQL-embedded PERL
{| class="collapsible collapsed wikitable"
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! Assignment #7
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| '''SQL-embedded PERL'''<br />
 
Continue work on the assignment we began in class. It is reproduced below, with some added functionality.
 
Your script will:
 
# Retrieve TEN orfs from the orf table that belong to the strain Pko.
# Find and store the sequences described by those orfs and their lengths.
# Determine if the orf is on the reference or reverse complement strand, and use that information to print the correct sequence.
# Print the orf name, sequence, and the length for each orf.
# '''In addition to printing the above information to the screen,''' write out the sequence information '''(in FASTA format)''' to a file
called "Pko_orfs.fasta". The sequence ID should be of the form:
Pko_orfname
 
Note that the above will require the use of BioPerl.
 
 
For those looking for extra challenges, you can try adding the following:
 
* Ask the user for the strain and contig *names* that they want orfs from, and only retrieve those rows. This means you must find a way
of obtaining their respective IDs from just their names. Make sure the sequence IDs are informative. They should look like this:
strainname_contigname_orfname
* If asking users for input, fail if they gave a strain or contig name which does not exist in the database.
* Also if asking users for input, the output file's name should be changed to reflect the chosen strain.
* Ask the user the minimum length the orf is allowed to be, and only print orfs as long, or longer, than what the user specifies.
 
 
Sample scripts will go up slowly, over time, including example SQL statements.
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===April 23===
'''NO CLASSES''' (Spring recess)
 
===April 30===
*'''Topic:''' Statistics
*'''In-class exercise:''' [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wq-s8WpqyURVeGiLUxhEyBvHRDrK__Cr7XjkuLicP-c/edit?hl=en&authkey=CJ2g4qsI R basics and short demonstration of a simple boxplot]
*'''Tutorial:''' Statistical Visualization using R  [[Media:R-implementations.pdf|Lecture Slides-Che]]
<!--*Assignment #12. '''(To be posted)'''
R Exercises-->
 
===May 7===
*'''Chapter 6''' (Gene Expression) & '''Chapter 8''' (Proteomics)
*'''Tutorial:''' Array Data Visualization and Analysis ([[Media:Array_Data_Visualization_and_Analysis.pdf| Micro-Array Analysis Slides]])
*'''Homework:'''Data Analysis using R
{| class="collapsible collapsed wikitable"
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| '''Part 1 Data Analysis:'''
For this assignment, you will use sample data to answer the question: '''Do men and women have different body temperatures?'''
 
The file '''temps.txt''' located in ../bio425_2011/data on eniac, contains body temperature data for a sample of adults.
 
Use a hypotheses test with α = .05 to answer the above question of interest.
 
NOTE: For this part of the assignment you will need to turn in your answer to the question with p-values in addition to the R syntax used. '''Indicate your null hypothesis'''.
 
 
'''Part 2 Gene Expression Data Analysis:'''
 
Using the files '''GSM129276_cy3.txt''' & '''GSM129276_cy5.txt''' located in ./bio425_2011/data on eniac, conduct an analysis to produce a histogram of fold changes.
 
In addition to the histogram, you will need to turn in the R syntax used in every step of the analysis in R, along with an explanation as to why the step was necessary.
 
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'''For next class, read CH 7'''
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===May 14===
*'''Chapter 7.''' Protein Structure Prediction
<!--*Assignment #14 (Final Comprehensive Project). '''(To be posted)'''-->
===May 21===
*Final Project Due (TBA)
==Useful Links==
===Unix Tutorials===
*A very nice [http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/ UNIX tutorial] (you will only need up to, and including, tutorial 4).
*FOSSWire's [http://files.fosswire.com/2007/08/fwunixref.pdf Unix/Linux command reference] (PDF). Of use to you: "File commands", "SSH", "Searching" and "Shortcuts".
===Perl Help===
* Professor Stewart Weiss has taught CSCI132, a UNIX and Perl class. His slides go into much greater detail and are an invaluable resource. They can be found on his course page [http://compsci.hunter.cuny.edu/~sweiss/course_materials/csci132/csci132_f10.php here].
* Perl documentation at [http://perldoc.perl.org perldoc.perl.org]. Besides that, running the perldoc command before either a function (with the -f option ie, perldoc -f substr) or a perl module (ie, perldoc Bio::Seq) can get you similar results without having to leave the terminal.
===Bioperl===
* BioPerl's [http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/HOWTOs HOWTOs page].
* BioPerl-live [http://doc.bioperl.org/bioperl-live developer documentation]. (We use bioperl-live in class.)
* Yozen's tutorial on [http://diverge.hunter.cuny.edu/wiki/HOWTO:Bioperl-live_on_Mac_OS_X installing bioperl-live on your own Mac OS X machine]. (Let me know if there are any issues!).
* [https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AjfPzjrqY7BndHpyRHlDZUlGcktINm1IbXVzX1QzMXc&single=true&gid=0&output=html A small table] showing some methods for BioPerl modules with usage and return values.
===SQL===
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zYLPeenwsqPYchkpXnndzphBbTKqX2GjjLHDxlBnt78/edit?hl=en&authkey=CLnh_88K SQL Primer], written by Yozen.
===R Project===
* Install location and instructions for [http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/windows/base/ Windows]
* Install location and instructions for [http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/ Mac OS X]
* For users of Ubuntu/Debian:
sudo apt-get install r-base-core
* For users of Fedora/Red Hat:
su -
yum install R
===Utilities===
*An [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nlbjncdgjeocebhnmkbbbdekmmmcbfjd RSS button extension] for chrome. Can add feeds to Google Reader and others.
*A [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hcamnijgggppihioleoenjmlnakejdph similar extension] which adds a "Live bookmarks"-like feature to Chrome (like Firefox's RSS bookmarks).
===Other Resources===
* [http://www.ccrnp.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/papers/primer/primer.pdf Information Theory Primer] by Thomas D. Schneider. Useful in understanding sequence logo maps.


© Weigang Qiu, Hunter College, Last Update Jan 2013
© Weigang Qiu, Hunter College, Last Update Jan 2013

Latest revision as of 20:38, 4 March 2013

EXPERIMENT # 4

BIOL 200 Cell Biology II LAB, Spring 2013

Hunter College of the City University of New York

Course information

Instructors: TBD

Class Hours: Room TBD HN; TBD

Office Hours: Room 830 HN; Thursdays 2-4pm or by appointment

Contact information:

  • Dr. Weigang Qiu: weigang@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu, 1-212-772-5296


Experiment #4

The Tree of Life and Molecular Identification of Microorganisms

Objective

To classify microorganisms and determine their relatedness using molecular sequences.

LAB REPORT GRADING GUIDE

CELL BIO II Experiment #4:

  • Introduction 1 point :
Statement of objectives or aims of the experiment in the student’s own words.
  (not to be copied from the Lab Manual)
  • MATERIALS AND METHODS 0 points :
This should be a brief synopsis and must include any changes or deviations from the procedures 
outlined in the Lab Manual. Specify which organisms were used to create the phylogram.
  • RESULTS 4 points :
A print out of the phylogram will suffice.
  • DISCUSSION 4 points :
Responses to discussion questions.
  • SUMMARY |CONCLUSION 1 point :
Two sentence summary of your findings.
  • REFERENCES 1 point :
Credit is given for pertinent references obtained from sources other than the Lab Manual.
  This point is in addition to the 10 for the lab report..

INTRODUCTION

MATERIALS

  • Required hardware: Computer

Table 1

Volume 1A (Gram-negative bacteria)

Escherichia coli

ACCESSION #174375

Helicobacter pylori

ACCESSION #402670

Salmonella typhi

ACCESSION #2826789

Serratia marcescens

ACCESSION #4582213

Treponema pallidum

ACCESSION #176249

Additional species: Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Boredetella pertussis, Thermus aquaticus, Yersinia pestis, Borrelia burgdorferi. (Note: To search for unlisted 16S sequences, type key words such as “yersinia AND 16S [gene]” in the NCBI GenBank search box.)

Volume 1B (Rikettsias and endosymbionts)

Baronella bacilliformis

ACCESSION #173825

Chlamydia trachomatis

ACCESSION #2576240

Rickettsia rickettsii

ACCESSION #538436

Additional species: Coxiella burnetii, Thermoplasma acidophilum

Volume 2A (Gram-positive bacteria)

Bacillus subtilis

ACCESSION #8980302

Dinococcus radiodurans

ACCESSION #145033

Staphylococcus aureus

ACCESSION #576603

Additional species: Bacillus anthracis, Clostridium botulinum, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Streptococcus pyogenes

Volume 2B (Mycobacteria and nocardia)

Mycobacterium haemophilum

ACCESSION #406086

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

ACCESSION #3929878

Additional species: Mycobacterium bovis, Nocardia orientalis

Volume 3A (Phototrophs, chemolithotrophs, sheathed bacteria, gliding bacteria)

Anabaena sp.

ACCESSION #39010

Cytophaga latercula

ACCESSION #37222646

Nitrobacter wiogradskyi

ACCESSION #402722

Additional species: Heliothrix oregonensis, Myxococcus fulvus, Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

Volume 3B (Archeobaceria)

''Methanococcus jannaschii

ACCESSION #175446

Thermotoga subterranean

ACCESSION #915213

Additional species: Desulfurococcus mucosus, Halobacterium salinarium, Pyrococcus woesei

Volume 4 (Actinomycetes)

Actinomyces bowdenii

ACCESSION #6456800

Actinomyces neuii

ACCESSION #433527

Actinomyces turicensis

ACCESSION #642970

Eukaryotic representative (used as outgroup for rooting the phylogenetic tree)

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

ACCESSION #172403

ANALYSIS

DISCUSSION

References

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