Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Science |
Grao en Bioloxía |
Subjects |
Microbiology |
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Identifying Data | 2023/24 | |||||||||||||
Subject | Microbiology | Code | 610G02015 | |||||||||||
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Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
Graduate | 1st four-month period |
Second | Obligatory | 6 | ||||||||||
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Topic | Sub-topic |
Section I: : Introduction to Microbiology | 1.- Members of the Microbial World. History of Microbiology. Importance of the microorganisms 2.- Microbial diversity. The Three Domais: Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya. Viruses. The species concept in Microbiology. Nomenclature |
SECTION II: Bacterial and archaeal cell structure | 3.- Cell shape and size. Bacterial cell wall 4.- Bacterial protoplast 5.- Cell surface structures in bacteria 6.- Bacterial endospores 7.- Archaeal cell morphology and structure |
SECTION III: Microbial nutrition, metabolism and growth | 8.- Nutrition and culture of microorganisms. Nutritional types. Nutrient sources. Culture media. 9.- Essentials of microbial metabolism. Diversity of metabolic processes to obtain energy in microorganisms 10.- Energy utilization. Regulation 11.- Microbial growth: cell division and population growth. Measurement of microbial growth. 12.- Effect of environmental factors on microbial growth |
SECTION IV: Virology | 13.- Overview of Virology 14.-Bacterial viruses 15.- Animal viruses. Viruses and cancer. Antiviral chemotherapyl 16.- Plant viruses. Subviral entities |
SECTION V: Microbial genetics | 17.- Mutation 18.- Genetic elements in bacteria 19.- Gene transfer in bacteria and archaea: transformation, transduction and conjugation 20.- Introduction to genetic engeneerong |
SECTION VI: Microbial evolution and systematics | 21.- Microbial evolution 22.- Microbial systematics. Classification and identification 23.- Domain Archaea 24.- Domain Bacteria 25.- Eukaryotic microorganisms |
LABORATORY PRACTICE | - Observation of microorganisms. Staining techniques - Preparation of culture media - Laboratory culture of microorganims. Obtention of pure cultures - Normal microbiota - Growth curve - Identification of microorganisms |
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