Unit name | Fundamentals of Molecular Microbiology |
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Unit code | PANM10003 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Murillo Cabeza |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine |
Faculty | Faculty of Life Sciences |
The unit provides students a thorough grounding in microbiology, covering the basic biology of viruses, fungi and bacteria, and focusing on genetics and genomics, how genetic variability arises and how genetic information is processed into important phenotypic characteristics including structural diversity, metabolic diversity and virulence.
Unit aims:
To provide students with information about:
To help students develop their essay writing, and data interpretation skills.
At the end of the unit a successful student will be able to:
Online delivery of lectures and exercises
Practicals and/or online practicals supported by eBiolabs
Practical write up (20%)
eBiolabs prelab quizzes and postlab assignments (20%)
Examination (January) (60%)
The exams will cover learning outcomes 1-8.
Formative assessment:
For formative purposes students will receive feedback as follows:
Unit assessment marks will be provided before the end of Teaching Block 1 and feedback will be available from the Unit Director on request.
A breakdown of marks for the exam will be provided and additional feedback will be provided by the Unit Director on request.
Recommended reading
Microbiology: a clinical approach. Strelkauskas and others. 2nd Edition. Garland Science (2016). ISBN13: 978-0815345138. The necessary background to the course can be found in this book.
Further reading
Viruses: biology, application and control. Harper D. 2011. 1st Edition. Garland Science. ISBN13: 9780815341505. This textbook is recommended as additional reading for those particularly interested in viruses.
Principles of virology. Flint,S. J.; Racaniello, V. R.; Rall, G. F.; Skalka, A. M.; Enquist, L. W.; Skalka, A. (2015) 4th edn. Washington, DC: ASM Press. This textbook is recommended as additional reading for those particularly interested in viruses.
BIOS Instant Notes: Microbiology. Baker S., Griffiths C. and Nicklin J. 2011. 4th Edition. Garland Science. ISBN13: 9780415607704. Recommended for revision.
Fundamental medical mycology. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell. Reiss, E., Shadomy, H. J. and Lyon, G. M. (2012). Available at: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bristol/detail.action?docID=697475 This textbook is recommended as additional reading for those particularly interested in fungi'.
All textbooks are available in the Medical Sciences library.