Microbiology

Shapes and arrangements of bacteria strep, staph, bacillus, spirochetes
What biofilms are and how they affect bacterial behavior and survival as well as human health (think surgical instruments and cystic fibrosis)
Normal microbiota, what they are, and their function
What are opportunistic organisms
Herd immunity and its importance for the general population
Superantigens, what they are and how they cause such damage
General Characteristics of Viruses (morphology, nucleic acids, etc)
What determines which cells a virus binds to (infects)
Know the different processes of viral entry and release of animal viruses (budding, endocytosis etc and what types of viruses use each)
Bacteriophage: difference between lytic and lysogenic cycles
Prophage; what is it and how does it affect a bacteria
What transduction is and how it works