Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Science |
Mestrado Universitario en Bioloxía Molecular , Celular e Xenética |
Subjects |
Molecular Microbiology |
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Identifying Data | 2020/21 | |||||||||||||
Subject | Molecular Microbiology | Code | 610441010 | |||||||||||
Study programme |
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Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
Official Master's Degree | 2nd four-month period |
First | Optional | 3 | ||||||||||
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Topic | Sub-topic |
Microbial cooperative behaviour |
-Molecular basis for the cooperation -Practical implications |
Microbial interactions | -Positive and negative interactions -Molecular basis of the interactions with other microorganisms, plants or animals |
Mechanisms of resistance to antimicrobial agents | -Enzymes degrading antimicrobial agents -Expulsion pumps -Modification of targets -Regulation of porins |
New anti-infectious therapies |
-Phagotherapy against multi-resistant bacteria -Antitolerants |
Bacterial tolerance and persistence | -Phenotypic studies -Molecular mechanisms |
Practical study of different aspects involved in the resistance to antimicrobial agents | -PCR of involved genes -Gene clonning -Protein expression -Preparation of knock-out mutants -Studies of the regulation of the mechanisms of resistance through RNA analysis |
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