Biotechnology and medical microbiology
Dr Andrew Davidson
12 points * 10 hours per week - four 1-hour lectures, 6 hours practical * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: MIC3011 * Prohibitions: GAS3121, GAS3122
Objectives On the completion of this subject students should understand and recognise key areas of microbial involvement in biotechnology, eg production of antibiotics, food additives and solvents and be aware of the economic realities of biotechnological production involving microorganisms; have built on earlier broad concepts regarding mechanisms of microbial disease; have acquired a knowledge of the intricacies of disease processes, eg sites of infection, host responses, and immunity to infection; appreciate the differences between the control and treatment of infectious diseases of man and domestic animals; have acquired technical skills for the identification of bacterial isolates from medical and environmental sources.
Synopsis In this subject, aspects of microbiology are presented which are relevant to infectious disease today (including the mode of action of antibiotics) and to biotechnology. This subject builds on the content of previous subjects providing the basis for the study of biotechnology and bioengineering, especially industrial and environmental applications. The subject includes medical and veterinary microbiology and virology, especially microbial relationships, the nature of microbial infections, vaccines, immunity and mechanisms of host resistance.
Assessment Written (2000 words): 10% * Examinations (3 hours): 55% * Practical work/Laboratory work: 35%
Prescribed texts
Brock T D and others Biology of microorganisms 7th edn, Prentice-Hall, 1994
Recommended texts
Davis B D and others Microbiology 4th edn, Lippincott, 1990
Glick B R and Pasternak J J Molecular biotechnology ASM Press, 1994
Mims C A and others Medical microbiology Mosby Europe, 1993
Moses V and Cape R E Biotechnology: The science and the business Harwood Academic, 1991
Roitt I and others Immunology 3rd edn, Mosby, 1993
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