MICROBIOLOGY AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY M - Z

MED/07 - 10 CFU - 2° Semester

Teaching Staff

GIOVANNA BLANDINO


Detailed Course Content

MICROBIOLOGY

Structure, function, metabolism, nutrition, growth and control of the microorganisms. Characteristics of viruses.

Mechanisms of pathogenicity.

The fundamentals of immunology.

The main groups of bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses responsible of human diseases.

 

APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

The epidemiology of infectious disease.

Sera and vaccines.

Antimicrobial drugs: mechanisms of action and resistance.

Genetics mechanisms in the microorganisms and applications of genetic engineering in pharmaceutical industry.

Control of microorganisms by disinfection and sterilization. Microbiological aspects of the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical production.

Microbiological Assays of the Pharmacopoeia.



Textbook Information

N. Carlone e R. Pompei – MICROBIOLOGIA FARMACEUTICA – Seconda edizione EdiSES.

Madigan, Martinko, Stahl, Clark – BROCK. BIOLOGIA DEI MICROORGANISMI – Vol 3 Microbiologia medica. Prima Edizione italiana PEARSON.




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