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Term Paper & Team Presentation Topics      

Read the Term Paper Guidelines & Instructions carefully!

You may choose any topic related to Microbiology provided it has not already been chosen by someone else. Note: it may take me a day to post your name.

Term paper topics - Spring 2019

Last First Topic
Acanthamoeba keratitis
Acne
Actinomycosis
African Sleeping Sickness
Amebiasis
Anthrax
Aspergillosis
Babesiosis
Balantidiasis
Beer making
Bioelectricity
Bioinsecticides
Bioremediation
Blastomycosis 
Blue tongue disease
Botulism
Brucellosis
Bubonic plague (Yersinia pestis)
Burkitt's lymphoma
Campylobacter
Candidiasis
Cat Scratch Disease (Bartonellosis)
Chagas disease
Chancroid
Cheese making
Chickenpox
Chlamydia
Cholera
CJD
Coccidiomycosis
common cold
Conjunctivitis
Crohn's Disease
Cryptococcosis
Cryptosporidiasis
Cytomegalovirus infection
Dengue fever
Dental caries
Diphtheria
Dysentery (bacterial)
Ebola
Ehrlichiosis
Elephantiasis
Encephalitis (EEE)
Endocarditis
Erysipelas
Fifth disease
Gas gangrene
Giardia
Gonorrhea
granuloma inguinale
Hanson's disease (leprosy)
Hanta virus
Hendra virus
Hepatitis A
Herpes
Histoplasmosis
HIV/AIDS
HPV
Impetigo
Influenza
Lassa fever
Legionnaire's disease
Leishmaniasis
Leptospirosis
Listeriosis
Lyme Disease
Malaria
Malassezia
Marburg
Measles
Meningococcal Meningitis
Meningitis (viral/aseptic)
Molluscum contagiosum
Mononucleosis
MRSA
Mumps
Necrotizing fasciitis
Oroyo fever
Otitis media
Peptic ulcer disease
Pharyngitis
Pneumonia
Polio
Potato / tomato blight
    Potomac Horse Fever
    Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (Naegleria fowleri)
Probiotics
Pseudomembrane colitis (C. diff)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Psittacosis (parrot fever)
Puerperal fever
Q-fever
Quorum sensing
Rabies
Relapsing fever
Rheumatic fever
Rift Valley fever
Ringworm
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Rubella
Salmonella
SARS
Scalded Skin Syndrome
Scarlet fever
Sepsis
Shigella
Shingles
Smallpox
Sporotrichosis
Streptococcus infection
Syphilis
Tetanus
Toxic shock syndrome
Toxoplasmosis
Trachoma
Trench fever
Trichomoniasis
Tuberculosis
Tularemia (Rabbit fever)
Typhoid fever
Typhus fever
Urinary tract infections
Vaginitis
Vibrio fischeri
West Nile Virus
Whooping cough
Wine making
Yeast culturing (wild)
Yellow fever
Yogurt making 
Zika virus
Zygomycosis

 

 

Make an appointment for your term paper meeting with me.

 

Suggested Topics

Specific disease - also see inside front cover of your textbook and chapters 22 - 27

Specific microbe - also see chapters 11 - 13

Special topics - Genetics, ecology, industry, fermentation, Beer making, wine making, silaging, bioremediation, lioleaching, bioterrorism, bioinsecticides, cheese making, microbial habitats (geysers, Arctic), bioelectricity