Unit GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
- Course
- Biotechnology
- Study-unit Code
- GP000525
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2024/25
- 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 | Ermanno Federici |
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| Learning activities | Base |
| Area | Discipline biologiche |
| Academic discipline | BIO/19 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY - Canale B
| Code | GP000525 |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Debora Casagrande Pierantoni |
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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. Elements on the microbial genetic structures. Concepts and practice of microbial taxonomy (nomenclature, classification, identification). |
| Reference texts | Dehò e Galli, Biologia dei Microrganismi, Casa Ed. Ambrosiana Brock. Biologia dei microrganismi. Microbiologia generale, ambientale e industriale. Biavati Sorlini-Microbiologia Generale e Agraria VOl I. Additional materials in the Unistudium page |
| Educational objectives | Knowledge and understanding of the biology of microorganisms, their structure, physiology and reproductive mode. Basic microbiological knowledge necessary for the study of specialized microbiology courses in the following years and for the master's degree. Teaching is designed to allow the learning of microbiological dynamics in natural, biotechnological and clinical settings, with particular attention to the development of critical thinking in the field of the subject. At the end of the course, the student must be able to recognize the main microbial groups, to associate each group with its main specificities and to understand the potential applications of each microbial group. The student will also have the skills to evaluate the techniques and approaches necessary to recognize and typify various microorganisms. |
| Prerequisites | I sem Biological courses |
| Teaching methods | Lectures, numerical practicals |
| Other information | Discussion with the instructor |
| Learning verification modality | Written and oral exam 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 and prokaryotic microorganisms, notes on viruses. Cellular and molecular organization of prokaryotes. Comparison of eukaryotic microorganisms vs. prokaryotes. Morphology and arrangement in the main groups of bacteria. Structure and ultrastructure of the bacterial cell. Cell wall: composition and structure of peptidoglycan in gram-positive and gram-negative cells. Periplasmic space. Gram-negative parietal membrane. Porins. Lipid A. Mucous layers and extracellular appendages. Active and passive movement. Spores and sporulation. Membrane and Cytoplasm. Cytoplasmic membrane (structure and transport mechanisms), transmembrane traffic. Notes on microbial genomes of eukaryotes and prokaryotes. 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 of energy yields. Respiratory effects. The surface/volume ratio. Constitutive, inducible and repressible enzymes. Variability and recombination phenomena in bacteria. Genotype and phenotype. Physiological adaptation. Qualitative description of microbial growth, growth mode. Factors influencing growth: temperatures, pH, water availability. Antibiotics. Presence of microorganisms in the environment: notes on the C and N cycle. Microbial associations and biofilms. |
| Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile | Clean and accessible energy, act for climate |