Unit MICROBIOLOGY

Course
Biological sciences
Study-unit Code
55037308
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Ermanno Federici
Teachers
  • Ermanno Federici
Hours
  • 56 ore - Ermanno Federici
CFU
8
Course Regulation
Coorte 2024
Offered
2025/26
Learning activities
Base
Area
Discipline biologiche
Academic discipline
BIO/19
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
The course is divided into three integrated and functional parts: Part A: The Structures of the Bacterial Cell. Part B: The Functional Properties of Bacteria. Part C: Methods for Studying Bacteria in the Laboratory.
Reference texts
Madigan e Martinko - "Brock, Biologia dei microrganismi" Willey, Sherwood e Woolverton - "Prescott, Microbiologia generale"
Educational objectives
Knowledge of general microbiology, with particular reference to the structural and functional characteristics of bacteria, and methodological skills for studying microorganisms in the laboratory.
Prerequisites
The foreground developed by the students in Cytology is essential to the learning and understanding of Microbiology
Teaching methods
Lessons
Other information
Course venue and time: see Department website (http://www.dcbb.unipg.it) Contact the Professor for a meeting
Learning verification modality
Colloquium
Extended program
Introduction to the course: The microbial world and microbial diversity; History of microbiology; Part A: The structures of the bacterial cell. Fundamentals of microbial biology. Prokaryotic cell (shape, size, and aggregation); the cytoplasm, the genome, the membrane; the bacterial cell wall of Gram-positive and negative bacteria, endospores, and external structures. Part B: The functional properties of bacteria. Metabolic diversity and the basic principles of metabolism; Aerobic and anaerobic respiration; Fermentation; Chemolithotrophy and autotrophy. Bacterial growth: binary fission; growth curve; influence of nutritional and environmental factors. Genetic information of prokaryotes. Variability and recombination phenomena (conjugation, transformation, transduction). Part C: Methods for studying bacteria in the laboratory. Culture media and culture methods. Cultivation, isolation, and enumeration. Microbial inactivation by physical and chemical agents. Heat sterilization (autoclave and oven)
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