Università Roma Tre

MODULE 1 BACTERIOLOGY
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE BACTERIAL CELL. MICROBIAL DIVERSITY. THE DISCOVERY OF MICROBES AND MAIN HISTORICAL EXPERIMENTS. THE CELL WALL OF BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA. THE PEPTIDOGLYCAN: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, BIOGENESIS. THE STAIN PROPERTIES OF BACTERIA. THE PROKARYOTIC CELL MEMBRANE AND THE MEMBRANE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS. CYTOPLASMIC STRUCTURES (ORGANELLES AND INCLUSIONS) AND THE EXTRA-CYTOPLASMIC STRUCTURES (CAPSULES, PILI, FIMBRIA, FLAGELLA). STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE PROKARYOTIC GENOME. REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION IN BACTERIA. THE SPORE STRUCTURE AND REGULATION OF SPORULATION. BACTERIAL CHEMOTAXIS AND OTHER TAXES. NUTRITION, CULTURE AND METABOLISM OF BACTERIA. CHEMOLITOTROPHY. BACTERIAL CELL DIVISION. MICROBIAL GROWTH AND FACTORS AFFECTING GROWTH. CONTROL OF MICROBIAL GROWTH BY CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METHODS; STERILIZATION AND DISINFECTION. ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY. ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE. HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS AND PATHOGENICITY FACTORS. EXOTOXINS AND ENDOTOXIN. INTRACELLULAR PARASITISM.
MICROBIAL EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS. TAXONOMY AND MAIN TAXONOMIC UNITS IN PROKARYOTES. THE SPECIES CONCEPT IN BACTERIA. THE GENERAL PHYLOGENY OF BACTERIA. METHODS FOR INVESTIGATION OF BACTERIAL PHYLOGENY AND SPECIES IDENTIFICATION. GENOTYPIC ANALYSES. THE ARCHAEA: STRUCTURAL, FUNCTIONAL, METABOLIC AND EVOLUTIONARY CHARACTERISTICS. HYPERTHERMOPHILIC, METHANOGENIC AND HALOPHILIC ARCHAEA. BIODIVERSITY IN PROKARYOTES. OUTLINE OF MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGIES.

BROCK, BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS, EDS: M. T. MADIGAN - J. M. MARTINKO - D. A. STAHL - D. P. CLARK WEB SITES: WWW.MICROBIOLOGYBYTES.COM (CLICK ON SITEMAP AND USE ALSO THE LABWORK: ONLINE EXPERIMENTS ); HTTP://WWW.MICROBEWORLD.ORG/MICROBES/; HTTP://GSBS.UTMB.EDU/MICROBOOK/TOC.HTM; HTTP://WWW.BACT.WISC.EDU/MICROTEXTBOOK/
OTHER RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS (AVAILABLE IN THE ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY)
- PRESCOTT/HARLEY/KLEIN'S, MICROBIOLOGY
- MURRAY, ROSENTHAL, PFALLER, MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY,
- CANN ALAN J.,PRINCIPLES OF MOLECULAR VIROLOGY,
- EDWARD K. WAGNER E MARTINEZ J. HEWLETT – BASIC VIROLOGY –BLACKWELL SCIENCE
TEACHERS WILL ALSO PROVIDE TECHNICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS FOR THE LABORATORY EXERCISES.

MODULE 1 BACTERIOLOGY
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE BACTERIAL CELL. MICROBIAL DIVERSITY. THE DISCOVERY OF MICROBES AND MAIN HISTORICAL EXPERIMENTS. THE CELL WALL OF BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA. THE PEPTIDOGLYCAN: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, BIOGENESIS. THE STAIN PROPERTIES OF BACTERIA. THE PROKARYOTIC CELL MEMBRANE AND THE MEMBRANE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS. CYTOPLASMIC STRUCTURES (ORGANELLES AND INCLUSIONS) AND THE EXTRA-CYTOPLASMIC STRUCTURES (CAPSULES, PILI, FIMBRIA, FLAGELLA). STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE PROKARYOTIC GENOME. REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION IN BACTERIA. THE SPORE STRUCTURE AND REGULATION OF SPORULATION. BACTERIAL CHEMOTAXIS AND OTHER TAXES. NUTRITION, CULTURE AND METABOLISM OF BACTERIA. CHEMOLITOTROPHY. BACTERIAL CELL DIVISION. MICROBIAL GROWTH AND FACTORS AFFECTING GROWTH. CONTROL OF MICROBIAL GROWTH BY CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METHODS; STERILIZATION AND DISINFECTION. ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY. ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE. HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS AND PATHOGENICITY FACTORS. EXOTOXINS AND ENDOTOXIN. INTRACELLULAR PARASITISM.
MICROBIAL EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS. TAXONOMY AND MAIN TAXONOMIC UNITS IN PROKARYOTES. THE SPECIES CONCEPT IN BACTERIA. THE GENERAL PHYLOGENY OF BACTERIA. METHODS FOR INVESTIGATION OF BACTERIAL PHYLOGENY AND SPECIES IDENTIFICATION. GENOTYPIC ANALYSES. THE ARCHAEA: STRUCTURAL, FUNCTIONAL, METABOLIC AND EVOLUTIONARY CHARACTERISTICS. HYPERTHERMOPHILIC, METHANOGENIC AND HALOPHILIC ARCHAEA. BIODIVERSITY IN PROKARYOTES. OUTLINE OF MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGIES.

BROCK, BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS, EDS: M. T. MADIGAN - J. M. MARTINKO - D. A. STAHL - D. P. CLARK integrate virology and antimicrobial immunity using N. J. Dimmock, A. J. Easton, K. N. Leppard - Introduction to Modern Virology - Seventh edition 2016 -Wiley Blackwell

USEFULL WEB SITES: https://viralzone.expasy.org/; http://www.microbeworld.org/microbes/; http://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/toc.htm; http://www.bact.wisc.edu/microtextbook/

Other recommended textbooks available at the Roma Tre University library:
- PRESCOTT/HARLEY/KLEIN'S, MICROBIOLOGY
- MURRAY, ROSENTHAL, PFALLER, MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY,
- CANN ALAN J.,PRINCIPLES OF MOLECULAR VIROLOGY,
- EDWARD K. WAGNER E MARTINEZ J. HEWLETT – BASIC VIROLOGY –BLACKWELL SCIENCE

Teachers will also provide technical and experimental protocols for the laboratory exercises.

MODULE 1 BACTERIOLOGY
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE BACTERIAL CELL. MICROBIAL DIVERSITY. THE DISCOVERY OF MICROBES AND MAIN HISTORICAL EXPERIMENTS. THE CELL WALL OF BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA. THE PEPTIDOGLYCAN: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, BIOGENESIS. THE STAIN PROPERTIES OF BACTERIA. THE PROKARYOTIC CELL MEMBRANE AND THE MEMBRANE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS. CYTOPLASMIC STRUCTURES (ORGANELLES AND INCLUSIONS) AND THE EXTRA-CYTOPLASMIC STRUCTURES (CAPSULES, PILI, FIMBRIA, FLAGELLA). STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE PROKARYOTIC GENOME. REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION IN BACTERIA. THE SPORE STRUCTURE AND REGULATION OF SPORULATION. BACTERIAL CHEMOTAXIS AND OTHER TAXES. NUTRITION, CULTURE AND METABOLISM OF BACTERIA. CHEMOLITOTROPHY. BACTERIAL CELL DIVISION. MICROBIAL GROWTH AND FACTORS AFFECTING GROWTH. CONTROL OF MICROBIAL GROWTH BY CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METHODS; STERILIZATION AND DISINFECTION. ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY. ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE. HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS AND PATHOGENICITY FACTORS. EXOTOXINS AND ENDOTOXIN. INTRACELLULAR PARASITISM.
MICROBIAL EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS. TAXONOMY AND MAIN TAXONOMIC UNITS IN PROKARYOTES. THE SPECIES CONCEPT IN BACTERIA. THE GENERAL PHYLOGENY OF BACTERIA. METHODS FOR INVESTIGATION OF BACTERIAL PHYLOGENY AND SPECIES IDENTIFICATION. GENOTYPIC ANALYSES. THE ARCHAEA: STRUCTURAL, FUNCTIONAL, METABOLIC AND EVOLUTIONARY CHARACTERISTICS. HYPERTHERMOPHILIC, METHANOGENIC AND HALOPHILIC ARCHAEA. BIODIVERSITY IN PROKARYOTES. OUTLINE OF MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGIES.

BROCK, BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS, EDS: M. T. MADIGAN - J. M. MARTINKO - D. A. STAHL - D. P. CLARK integrate virology and antimicrobial immunity using N. J. Dimmock, A. J. Easton, K. N. Leppard - Introduction to Modern Virology - Seventh edition 2016 -Wiley Blackwell

USEFULL WEB SITES: https://viralzone.expasy.org/; http://www.microbeworld.org/microbes/; http://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/toc.htm; http://www.bact.wisc.edu/microtextbook/

Other recommended textbooks available at the Roma Tre University library:
- PRESCOTT/HARLEY/KLEIN'S, MICROBIOLOGY
- MURRAY, ROSENTHAL, PFALLER, MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY,
- CANN ALAN J.,PRINCIPLES OF MOLECULAR VIROLOGY,
- EDWARD K. WAGNER E MARTINEZ J. HEWLETT – BASIC VIROLOGY –BLACKWELL SCIENCE

Teachers will also provide technical and experimental protocols for the laboratory exercises.

MODULE 1 BACTERIOLOGY
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE BACTERIAL CELL. MICROBIAL DIVERSITY. THE DISCOVERY OF MICROBES AND MAIN HISTORICAL EXPERIMENTS. THE CELL WALL OF BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA. THE PEPTIDOGLYCAN: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, BIOGENESIS. THE STAIN PROPERTIES OF BACTERIA. THE PROKARYOTIC CELL MEMBRANE AND THE MEMBRANE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS. CYTOPLASMIC STRUCTURES (ORGANELLES AND INCLUSIONS) AND THE EXTRA-CYTOPLASMIC STRUCTURES (CAPSULES, PILI, FIMBRIA, FLAGELLA). STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE PROKARYOTIC GENOME. REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION IN BACTERIA. THE SPORE STRUCTURE AND REGULATION OF SPORULATION. BACTERIAL CHEMOTAXIS AND OTHER TAXES. NUTRITION, CULTURE AND METABOLISM OF BACTERIA. CHEMOLITOTROPHY. BACTERIAL CELL DIVISION. MICROBIAL GROWTH AND FACTORS AFFECTING GROWTH. CONTROL OF MICROBIAL GROWTH BY CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METHODS; STERILIZATION AND DISINFECTION. ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY. ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE. HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS AND PATHOGENICITY FACTORS. EXOTOXINS AND ENDOTOXIN. INTRACELLULAR PARASITISM.
MICROBIAL EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS. TAXONOMY AND MAIN TAXONOMIC UNITS IN PROKARYOTES. THE SPECIES CONCEPT IN BACTERIA. THE GENERAL PHYLOGENY OF BACTERIA. METHODS FOR INVESTIGATION OF BACTERIAL PHYLOGENY AND SPECIES IDENTIFICATION. GENOTYPIC ANALYSES. THE ARCHAEA: STRUCTURAL, FUNCTIONAL, METABOLIC AND EVOLUTIONARY CHARACTERISTICS. HYPERTHERMOPHILIC, METHANOGENIC AND HALOPHILIC ARCHAEA. BIODIVERSITY IN PROKARYOTES. OUTLINE OF MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGIES.

BROCK, BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS, EDS: M. T. MADIGAN - J. M. MARTINKO - D. A. STAHL - D. P. CLARK WEB SITES: WWW.MICROBIOLOGYBYTES.COM (CLICK ON SITEMAP AND USE ALSO THE LABWORK: ONLINE EXPERIMENTS ); HTTP://WWW.MICROBEWORLD.ORG/MICROBES/; HTTP://GSBS.UTMB.EDU/MICROBOOK/TOC.HTM; HTTP://WWW.BACT.WISC.EDU/MICROTEXTBOOK/
OTHER RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS (AVAILABLE IN THE ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY)
- PRESCOTT/HARLEY/KLEIN'S, MICROBIOLOGY
- MURRAY, ROSENTHAL, PFALLER, MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY,
- CANN ALAN J.,PRINCIPLES OF MOLECULAR VIROLOGY,
- EDWARD K. WAGNER E MARTINEZ J. HEWLETT – BASIC VIROLOGY –BLACKWELL SCIENCE
TEACHERS WILL ALSO PROVIDE TECHNICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS FOR THE LABORATORY EXERCISES.

MODULE 1 BACTERIOLOGY
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE BACTERIAL CELL. MICROBIAL DIVERSITY. THE DISCOVERY OF MICROBES AND MAIN HISTORICAL EXPERIMENTS. THE CELL WALL OF BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA. THE PEPTIDOGLYCAN: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, BIOGENESIS. THE STAIN PROPERTIES OF BACTERIA. THE PROKARYOTIC CELL MEMBRANE AND THE MEMBRANE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS. CYTOPLASMIC STRUCTURES (ORGANELLES AND INCLUSIONS) AND THE EXTRA-CYTOPLASMIC STRUCTURES (CAPSULES, PILI, FIMBRIA, FLAGELLA). STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE PROKARYOTIC GENOME. REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION IN BACTERIA. THE SPORE STRUCTURE AND REGULATION OF SPORULATION. BACTERIAL CHEMOTAXIS AND OTHER TAXES. NUTRITION, CULTURE AND METABOLISM OF BACTERIA. CHEMOLITOTROPHY. BACTERIAL CELL DIVISION. MICROBIAL GROWTH AND FACTORS AFFECTING GROWTH. CONTROL OF MICROBIAL GROWTH BY CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METHODS; STERILIZATION AND DISINFECTION. ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY. ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE. HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS AND PATHOGENICITY FACTORS. EXOTOXINS AND ENDOTOXIN. INTRACELLULAR PARASITISM.
MICROBIAL EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS. TAXONOMY AND MAIN TAXONOMIC UNITS IN PROKARYOTES. THE SPECIES CONCEPT IN BACTERIA. THE GENERAL PHYLOGENY OF BACTERIA. METHODS FOR INVESTIGATION OF BACTERIAL PHYLOGENY AND SPECIES IDENTIFICATION. GENOTYPIC ANALYSES. THE ARCHAEA: STRUCTURAL, FUNCTIONAL, METABOLIC AND EVOLUTIONARY CHARACTERISTICS. HYPERTHERMOPHILIC, METHANOGENIC AND HALOPHILIC ARCHAEA. BIODIVERSITY IN PROKARYOTES. OUTLINE OF MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGIES.

BROCK, BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS, EDS: M. T. MADIGAN - J. M. MARTINKO - D. A. STAHL - D. P. CLARK integrate virology and antimicrobial immunity using N. J. Dimmock, A. J. Easton, K. N. Leppard - Introduction to Modern Virology - Seventh edition 2016 -Wiley Blackwell

USEFULL WEB SITES: https://viralzone.expasy.org/; http://www.microbeworld.org/microbes/; http://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/toc.htm; http://www.bact.wisc.edu/microtextbook/

Other recommended textbooks available at the Roma Tre University library:
- PRESCOTT/HARLEY/KLEIN'S, MICROBIOLOGY
- MURRAY, ROSENTHAL, PFALLER, MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY,
- CANN ALAN J.,PRINCIPLES OF MOLECULAR VIROLOGY,
- EDWARD K. WAGNER E MARTINEZ J. HEWLETT – BASIC VIROLOGY –BLACKWELL SCIENCE

Teachers will also provide technical and experimental protocols for the laboratory exercises.