Università Roma Tre

THE GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY COURSE IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A SOLID KNOWLEDGE BACKGROUND ON:
1) THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE PROKARYOTIC CELL; 2) THE MECHANISMS OF REPLICATION, EXCHANGE, RECOMBINATION AND EXPRESSION OF DNA IN BACTERIA; 3) THE NUTRITION, GROWTH AND METABOLISM OF BACTERIA; 4) THE STRUCTURAL, GENETIC, AND METABOLIC DIVERSITY IN BACTERIA; 5) THE ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS AND THE CONTROL OF MICROBIAL GROWTH;6) THE CONCEPT OF BACTERIAL SPECIES AND THE EVOLUTION AND THE TAXONOMY OF BACTERIA; 7) THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; 8) THE PRINCIPLES OF MOLECULAR VIROLOGY OF BACTERIOPHAGES AND ANIMAL VIRUSES 9) THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN BACTERIA, VIRUSES AND HIGHER ORGANISMS.