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Grao en Bioloxía
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  Microbiology
   Contents
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: Prokaryotic 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
SECTION VI: Microbial evolution and systematics 20.- Microbial evolution
21.- Microbial systematics. Classification and identification
22.- Domain Archaea
23.- Domain Bacteria
24.- Protists
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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