Unit GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
- Course
- Biotechnology
- Study-unit Code
- GP000525
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Learning activities
- Base
- Area
- Discipline biologiche
- Academic discipline
- BIO/19
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY - Canale A
| Code | GP000525 |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Gianluigi Cardinali |
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| Learning activities | Base |
| Area | Discipline biologiche |
| Academic discipline | BIO/19 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | The biology of microorganisms. Microbial diversity (eukaryotes, prokaryotes, notes on viruses). The prokaryotic cell (shape, size and aggregation) and its structural characteristics (cytoplasm, cell wall and membrane, endospores, etc.). Functional properties of bacteria. Nutrition and growth. Cell division kinetics. Influence of physical and chemical factors. Metabolism. Notes on methods for the study of microorganisms in the laboratory: cultivation, isolation and counting. Microscopy. Sterilization. Comparing bacterial and fungal genomes, hints of microbial genetics Concepts and practice of microbial taxonomy (nomenclature, classification, identification). |
| Reference texts | Dehò e Galli, Biologia dei Microrganismi, Casa Ed. Ambrosiana Biavati Sorlini-Microbiologia Generale e Agraria VOl I. Brock, Biologia dei microrganismi. Additional materials in the Unistudium page |
| Educational objectives | Knowledge and understanding of the structure and biological properties of bacteria, fungi and viruses, including genetically modified. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding of mathematical, physical, statistical and IT models for the analysis and processing of information and experimental data relating to biological systems and processes; Ability to apply knowledge and understanding of the main microbiological investigation techniques. |
| Prerequisites | I sem Biological courses |
| Teaching methods | Lectures, numerical practicals |
| Other information | Discussion with the instructor |
| Learning verification modality | Written and oral exam (only oral in case of exam in teleconference) Support information for specific learning disabilities: http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa |
| Extended program | Main historical stages of microbiology. Biodiversity of microorganisms. Subdivision of microorganisms historical and phylogenetic vision. General properties of eukaryotic, prokaryotic microorganisms, introduction to viruses. Cellular and molecular organization of prokaryotes. Comparison of eukaryotic microorganisms vs. prokaryotes. Morphology and disposition in the main groups of bacteria. Structure and ultrastructure of the bacterial cell. Cell wall: composition and structure of peptidoglycan in gram-positives and gram-negatives. Periplasmic space. Wall membrane of gram-negatives. Porins. Lipid A. Mucosal layers and extracellular appendages. Active and passive movement. Spores and sporulation. Membrane and Cytoplasm. Cytoplasmic membrane (structure and transport mechanisms), transmembrane traffic. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic microbial genomes. Chromosomes, plasmids and episomes. Functional properties of microorganisms, carbon and energy sources: nutritional types. Anabolism and catabolism. Respirations and fermentations. The various energetic processes of bacteria (homo- and hetero-fermentations, aerobic and anaerobic respiration, etc.). Comparison between energy yields. Respiratory effects. The surface / volume ratio. Constitutive, inducible and repressible enzymes. Variability and recombination phenomena in bacteria. Genotype and phenotype. Adaptation physiological and clonal selection Microbial growth, growth mode. Factors that influence growth: temperatures, pH, availability of water. Antibiotics. Presence of microorganisms in the environment: notes on the C and N cycle. Biofilm and microbial associations. |
GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY - Canale B
| Code | GP000525 |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Laura Corte |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Base |
| Area | Discipline biologiche |
| Academic discipline | BIO/19 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |