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15294 MICROBIOLOGIA in Biological Sciences L-13 0 GORRASI Susanna, FENICE Massimiliano
(syllabus)
Theory (16 hours, 2 cfu)
1) The laboratory of microbiology: the microscope, mentions of optical physics, preparation of microscope slides, electron microscopy and other microscopy techniques. The pure culture, microbial nutrition and preparation of culture media. Theory and practice of sterilization. 2) Principles of molecular and bacterial genetics (reminders): DNA structure, restriction enzymes, DNA replication, genetic elements, gene rearrangement, transposons, transcription, structure and function of mRNA and tRNA, translation and protein synthesis, mechanisms of gene expression control, genetic code mutations and mutagens; bacterial recombination (in details), transformation, transduction, plasmids and conjugation. 3) Microbial taxonomy, classification and phylogeny
(reference books)
Brock, Biologia dei Microrganismi di M.T. Madigan e J.M. Martinko, D.A. Stahl, D.P. Clark, Pearson, 2012. Volumi 1 e 2 Brock, Biologia dei Microrganismi di M.T. Madigan e J.M. Martinko, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana. Volumi 1 e 2A Biologia dei microrgamismi di G. Dehò e E. Galli, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, 2018.
The lectures slides (PDF) are available on line. During the course, some scientific publications will be distributed and discussed.
Other recent textbooks of General Microbiology could be used after a preliminary check with the teacher.
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