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| Course name | Microbiology with immunology |
| Course ID | 13.4-WB-P-MzI-S21 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences |
| Field of study | WNB - oferta ERASMUS |
| Education profile | - |
| Level of studies | Erasmus programme |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2023/2024 |
| Semester | 1 |
| ECTS credits to win | 7 |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
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| The class form | Hours per semester (full-time) | Hours per week (full-time) | Hours per semester (part-time) | Hours per week (part-time) | Form of assignment |
| Laboratory | 45 | 3 | - | - | Credit with grade |
| Lecture | 30 | 2 | - | - | Credit with grade |
The acquisition of theoretical and practical knowledge by the student, as a result of which the student should describe: biological and physiological functions of bacteria and fungi; metabolic processes and their regulation in the mentioned organisms; possibilities of using the biological potential of bacteria and fungi in biotechnology; biological properties and regulatory functions of viruses. The aim of the course is also to get to know the structure and biological functions of the immune system. The student should explain the essence and regulatory mechanism of defense reactions conditioned by elements of non-specific and specific immunity mechanisms.
Within the laboratory classes the student should learn the basic principles of safe work in a biological laboratory, master the culture techniques used in microbiology, basic experimental and laboratory techniques used in immunology.
Knowledge of basic biology, chemistry, biochemistry.
Lecture: The place of microorganisms in the world of living organisms. Structure and function of bacterial cell. Metabolic processes in bacteria and mechanisms of their regulation. Genetics of bacteria. Bacteria in biosphere. Interaction of bacteria. Viruses and their biological properties. Fungi and their biological properties. Pathogenic microorganisms for plants, animals and humans. Structure of immune system. Nonspecific immunity. Specific immunity. Immune response of humoral type. Immune response of cellular type. Regulation of immune response. Evolution of immunity.
Laboratory activities: Microscopic observations. Size and shape of microorganisms. Gram staining. Complex staining - structural elements of bacteria. Sterilization. Microbiological media. Culture techniques. Isolating bacteria and obtaining pure cultures. Determination of bacteria number. Effects of physical and chemical factors on bacteria. Methods of studying biochemical properties of bacterial cells. Isolation and observation of immune cells. Antigen-antibody reactions.
- feeding method (lecture in the form of multimedia presentation),
- practical (laboratory exercises using classical and molecular techniques used in microbiological studies)
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
Lecture - final exam, which the student is admitted on the basis of the prior pass of the laboratory classes. Exam: I term - written form - 50 question test, further deadlines – oral. Exam time - 90 min. Rating - satisfactory - over 60% of all points.
Laboratory - knowledge tests (closed and open) - positive score over 60% of points obtained and practical skills test. Final score is the arithmetic mean of the partial scores.
1. Basic Practical Microbiology. Society for General Microbiology 2006
2. Essential Microbiology. S. Hogg. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 2005
3. Medical microbiology. P. Murray, K. Rosenthal, M. Pfaller. Elsevier. 2016
4. Textbook of microbiology. C.K.J. Paniker. Orient Longman. 2005
5. Laboratory Manual and Workbook in Microbiology. J. A. Morello, P. A. Granato, H. E. Mizer. The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2003
1. Microbiology. M. Sattley, M.T. Madigan. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2015
Modified by dr Sylwia Andrzejczak-Grządko (last modification: 26-04-2023 15:09)
