MI2011 - Microbial Diversity
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 4 |
| Administered by: | School of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences |
Basic concepts of the structure, classification, identification, metabolism and growth of bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoan and metazoan parasites and other microbes; mechanisms of variation; microbial genetics and their application to recombinant DNA technology; nutrition of microbes, influence of environmental parameters on growth and reproduction; introduction to the immune system. Microbiology of soil, air, water and food and aspects of industrial microbiology.
Learning Outcomes
- describe the basic principles which regulate the activities and account for the behaviour of microorganisms and parasites;
- outline the basic concepts which are fundamental to understanding the usefulness of microbes in biotechnology;
- recognise the relevance of microbes and parasites to public health, industry and agriculture;
- safely manipulate microbes in the laboratory and be skilled in the basic techniques used in their identification;
- understand the fundamental aspects of the immune response.
| Prerequisites: | BM1000 or BZ1001 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 25-Mar-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Jenny Elliman |
| Lecturers: | Dr Jeffrey Warner, Mr Odwell Muzari, Dr Ellen Ariel, Dr Constantin Constantinoiu, Dr Natkunam Ketheesan. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (70%); assignments (30%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.