Study-unit APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
Course name | Biology |
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Study-unit Code | GP004072 |
Curriculum | Comune a tutti i curricula |
Lecturer | Ermanno Federici |
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CFU | 6 |
Course Regulation | Coorte 2023 |
Supplied | 2023/24 |
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Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
Area | Discipline del settore biomolecolare |
Sector | BIO/19 |
Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
Type of learning activities | Attività formativa monodisciplinare |
Language of instruction | Italian |
Contents | The course will face the molecular aspects of modern microbiology and in particular the evolutionary and genomic aspects of microbial diversity as well as the applications of microrganisms and their metabolism products in industrial microbiology and microbial biotechnology |
Reference texts | Brock, Biologia dei Microrganismi vol. 2A. Further readings: Barbieri, Microbiologia ambientale ed elementi di ecologia microbica; Madsen, Environmental Microbiology: From Genomes to Biogeochemistry. Study material will also be distributed during lessons |
Educational objectives | Learning the new molecular approaches devote to the investigation of microorganisms and their biotechnological potential |
Prerequisites | Basic knowledge (LT) of microbiology and molecular biology techniques |
Teaching methods | Lessons and practical laboratory training |
Other information | For further info, please contact Prof. Ermanno Federici: email: ermanno.federici@unipg.it tel: 0755857330 |
Learning verification modality | Exam about the entire course programme and topics discussed during the lessons and the practical training. Discussion of a peer-review research article chosen by the student on a microbiological topic studied with the experimental approach presented during the Course |
Extended program | Part I: INVESTIGATING MICROBIAL DIVERSITY. Microorganisms in their natural environments; Genomic and molecular aspects of microbial evolution. Culturable and unculturabled microorganisms; Molecular and traditional microbiology; Isolation of microbes environmental and clinical samples; Molecular and taxonomical characterization of microorganisms; Molecular methods for the investigation of microbial communities and their functional activities; Metagenomics. Part II: INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY AND MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY Microorganisms for industrial e biotechnological applications; Screening and optimization of microbial strains; Fermentors and bioreactors; Scale-up and optimization of industrial processes; Primary and secondary metabolites; Biotransformations; Environmental biotechnology. |