Unit APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
- Course
- Biology
- Study-unit Code
- GP004072
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Ermanno Federici
- Teachers
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- Ermanno Federici
- Hours
- 47 ore - Ermanno Federici
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline del settore biomolecolare
- Academic discipline
- BIO/19
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course will face the molecular aspects of modern microbiology and in particular the evolutionary and genomic aspects of microbial diversity as well as the applications of microrganisms and their metabolism products in industrial microbiology and microbial biotechnology.
- Reference texts
- Brock, Biologia dei Microrganismi vol. 2A.
Further readings: Barbieri, Microbiologia ambientale ed elementi di ecologia microbica; Madsen, Environmental Microbiology: From Genomes to Biogeochemistry.
Study material will also be distributed during lessons - Educational objectives
- Learning the new molecular approaches devote to the investigation of microorganisms and their biotechnological potential
- Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge (LT) of microbiology and molecular biology techniques
- Teaching methods
- Lessons and practical laboratory training
- Other information
- For further info, please contact Prof. Ermanno Federici:
email: ermanno.federici@unipg.it
tel: 0755857330 - Learning verification modality
- Exam about the entire course programme and topics discussed during the lessons and the practical training. Discussion of a peer-review research article chosen by the student on a microbiological topic studied with the experimental approach presented during the Course
- Extended program
- Part I: MICROBIAL DIVERSITY.
Microorganisms in their natural environments; Metabolic diversity and adaptation to the environment; Genomic and molecular aspects of microbial evolution.
Part II: METHODS IN MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY.
Culturable and unculturabled microorganisms; Molecular and traditional microbiology; Isolation of microbes environmental and clinical samples; Molecular and taxonomical characterization of microorganisms; Molecular methods for the investigation of microbial communities and their functional activities; Metagenomics.
Part III: INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY AND MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Microorganisms for industrial e biotechnological applications; Screening and optimization of microbial strains; Fermentors and bioreactors; Scale-up and optimization of industrial processes; Primary and secondary metabolites; Biotransformations; Environmental biotechnology.