BIO 432E - Microbial Physiology

Course Objectives

Basic concepts in microbiology, Bacterial taxonomy , Bacterial morphology, Microbial Ecology, structural properties of bacteria, mobility, Concepts of bacterial metabolism, main types of energy capturing processes in bacteria, Biogeochemical Processes and Bacteria, Major metabolic pathways,Nitrogen fixation-regulation, Bioluminiscense and its use in research , Pathogenicity vs. non-pathogenicity, Extremophiles (thermophiles, halophiles, psychrophiles), Deinococcus radiodurans, Bacterial genetics, Concepts in bacterial evolution, Phylogenetic analysis, Comparative archaeal metabolism and archaeal genetics , Genomics, proteomics

Course Description

Basic concepts in microbiology, Bacterial taxonomy , Bacterial morphology, Microbial Ecology, structural properties of bacteria, mobility, Concepts of bacterial metabolism, main types of energy capturing processes in bacteria, Biogeochemical Processes and Bacteria, Major metabolic pathways,Nitrogen fixation-regulation, Bioluminiscense and its use in research , Pathogenicity vs. non-pathogenicity, Extremophiles (thermophiles, halophiles, psychrophiles), Deinococcus radiodurans, Bacterial genetics, Concepts in bacterial evolution, Phylogenetic analysis, Comparative archaeal metabolism and archaeal genetics , Genomics, proteomics