BMB507: Fundamental Microbiology (5 ECTS)

STADS: 01009301

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the spring semester.

Teacher responsible

Email: b.vester@bmb.sdu.dk

Additional teachers

Oplysessenere.

Timetable

Group	Type	Day	Time	Classroom	Weeks
Common	I	Monday	10-12	U48A	5
Common	I	Tuesday	10-12	U48A	6
Common	I	Tuesday	14-15	U55	7,9-11,13
Common	I	Tuesday	10-12	U55	22
Common	I	Wednesday	12-14	U55	14
Common	I	Thursday	12-13	U55	5
H1	TL	Monday	09-12	Red Lab	9-12
H1	TE	Friday	10-12	U23A	6-7,9-11,13-15
H2	TL	Monday	13-16	Red Lab	9-12
H2	TE	Thursday	10-12	U10	6-7,10,13,15
H2	TE	Thursday	12-14	U142	9,11
H2	TE	Friday	14-16	U142	14
H3	TL	Tuesday	09-12	Red Lab	9-12
H3	TE	Thursday	12-14	U10	11
H3	TE	Friday	14-16	U23A	6-7,9-10,13-15
H4	TL	Wednesday	10-13	Red Lab	9-11
H4	TL	Wednesday	09-12	Red Lab	12
H4	TE	Thursday	08-10	U146	10,15
H4	TE	Thursday	08-10	U17	13
H4	TE	Friday	16-18	U23A	6,14
H4	TE	Friday	12-14	U17	7,9,11
H5	TL	Tuesday	15-18	Red Lab	9-11
H5	TL	Tuesday	13-16	Red Lab	12
H5	TE	Thursday	15-17	U23A	6
H5	TE	Friday	08-10	U23A	7,9-11,13-15
H6	TE	Monday	08-10	U23A	6-7,9-11,14-15
H6	TL	Wednesday	13-16	Red Lab	12
H6	TE	Wednesday	08-10	U142	13
H6	TL	Friday	10-13	Red Lab	9-11

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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
Students should have passed or be familiar with FF503 Chemistry, Biology and Molecular Biology – the Empiric Experimental Science, BMB531 Human Diseases, BMB532 Fundamental Biochemistry and BMB533 Molecular biology and protein chemistry.

Course introduction
To give an introduction to the biology of microorganisms and bacterial disease.

Qualifications

Students will gain familiarity with the core areas of microbiology and will be able to correctly employ the key terms used in microbiology

Students will obtain practical experience in

investigating microbes using microscopy
use of sterile procedures in microbiology
use of basic techniques for cultivation of microorganisms
isolation and characterisation of pure cultures
estimation of bacterial numbers in air and water
investigations of interactions between bacteria and antibiotics

Expected learning outcome

After completing the course, the student will be able to describe the structure of bacterial cells at the molecular level

describe bacterial population growth and the environmental factors that influence growth and behavior
describe how bacterial cells convert substrates into new cell material
describe how bacterial populations change with time through gene transfer and evolution
describe how bacteria can cause disease and how this is prevented by the immune system
describe the function of antibiotics and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance
describe the structure and properties of virus

Subject overview

Cell structure.
Microbial growth.
Metabolism and biosynthesis.
Evolution and gene exchange.
Microbial diversity and ecology.
Bacterial infection and host responses.
Antimicrobial compounds and antibiotic resistance.
Bacteriophage and other viruses.
Techniques for laboratory work with microorganisms.

Furthermore relevant scientific theoretical and ethical aspects related to the topics of the course will be discussed.

Literature

Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton: Prescott’s Microbiology, 9.ed. McGraw-Hill.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
Reports on lab exercises. Pass/fail, internal censorship by teacher.

Assessment and marking:

Three hour digital examination. External censorship and grading according to the 7-point grading scale. (5 ECTS) (01009302)

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 14 hours
Skills training phase: 28 hours, hereof:
- Tutorials: 16 hours
- Laboratory exercises: 12 hours

Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in Danish.

Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.

Tuition fees for single courses
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