Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500502 Microbiology | OB | 2 | 2 |
There are no official prerequisites; However, it is advisable for the student to review the concepts that refer to the microbial world, studied previously.
This is a compulsory course of the second year of the Degree in Microbiology, which introduces students to the basic knowledge of prokaryotic diversity, with special emphasis on the structural and ecophysiological characteristics of the large prokaryotic groups we know, and their importance .
The main objective of the course is to provide basic training for the study of the microbial diversity, physiology and metabolism of the main prokaryotic groups.
The specific objectives of the cours are the following:
THEORY*
Unit 1. Introduction to prokaryotic diversity
What do we mean by prokayotic diversity? Phylogeny and implications in taxonomy.
Unit 2. Microbial systematics
Classification, nomenclature and identification. Classification systems. Polyphasic taxonomy: phenotypic, genotypic and phylogenetic methods. Classification units. The species concept for prokaryotes. Bergey´s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Culture collections.
Unit 3. Archaea domain
Structural particularities of archaea. Phylogeny and metabolism. Euyarcahaeota. Crenarchaeota. New archaeal phyla.
Unit 4. The deep-branching bacterial groups
Adaptations to life at high temperatures, and high radiation. Ecophysiological characteristics of the different groups and key genera.
Unit 5. Gram-Negative Bacteria I
Characteristics of the main groups of green phototrophic bacteria. General characteristics, ecological relevance and key genera. Main chemotrophic groups: Structure, classification and ecophysiology.
Unit 6. Gram-negative bacteria II
Proteobacteria. Morphological, physiological and metabolic diversity. Phylogenetic divisions. Main members of the group and their significance.
Unit 7. Gram-positive bacteria and mycoplasma
Morphological and ecophysiological characteristics, main phylogenetic groups and applied importance.
Unit 8. Groups of bacteria and archaea with few or not cultured species
Phylogenetic groups dominated by sequences of uncultivated organisms. Distribution and characterization. What do we know about the microbial world?
SEMINARS*
Introduction to identification techniques through the resolutionof6 practical cases:
*Unless the requirements enforced by the health authorities demand a prioritization or reduction of these contents.
The Diversity of Procariotes course consists of two modules, which have been programmed in an integrated way so that the student will have to relate throughout the course the content and activities programmed in order to achieve the indicated skills in the section of the same name of this guide.
Several learning strategies will be combined*:
Theory classes. These master or expository classes represent the main activity to be performed in the classroom, and allow the acquisition of basic concepts by a large number of students, in relatively little time, attending these classes, which will have to be complemented with the study of the topics explained. For the teaching of each subject, presentations like Power Point and diverse teaching material will be used and delivered to the students.
Case-resolution Seminars. These are sessions of work for groups with a small number of students, based on working methodological aspects, through the study of practical cases. For the resolution of the practical cases, groups of 5 students will work on a specific case, which will be presented orally and, later, will be discussed in the classroom collectively. In this methodology, the teacher has a conductive role, through questions that encourage reflection and debate among students.
Tutorials. Tutorials can be done in groups or individually. The first ones will be programmed at the request of the students. The objective of these sessions is to resolve doubts, clarify concepts, establish the knowledge acquired and facilitate the study of the students. They can also be used to solve doubts that students have about the preparation of practical cases. The sessions of tutorials will not be master classes. Likewise, the students will be able to perform individual tutorials in the office of the professor (C3-329).
Additional information: The student will have at the Moodle space all the documentation delivered by the teacher for the good monitoring of the course. He / she will also be able to consult the teaching space of the Degree Coordination to obtain updated information.
*The proposed teaching methodology may experience some modificationsdepending on the restrictions to face-to-face activities enforced by health authorities.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Theory lectures | 18 | 0.72 | 6, 5, 10, 8, 9, 4 |
case-resolution seminars | 6 | 0.24 | 1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 8, 2, 12, 11, 4 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Individual/group tutorials | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 3, 6, 5, 7, 10, 8, 9, 2, 12, 11, 4 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Bibliography search | 5 | 0.2 | 1, 3, 7, 11 |
Learning consolidation: study | 20 | 0.8 | 3, 6, 5, 7, 10, 8, 9, 12, 11, 4 |
Preparation of oral presentation | 9 | 0.36 | 3, 7, 2, 12, 11 |
Text reading | 10 | 0.4 | 3, 7, 11 |
The evaluation of the course will be individual and continued through the following tests*:
Assessment of the theory lectures module (70% of the overall grade). Throughout the course two written tests will be scheduled, which will be cumulative; That is to say, the second test will include all the theoretical contents of the subject. The first test will have a weight of 40% and the second of 60%. If the student obtains in the second test a note superior to the first one, the final note of this module will be the one of the second test. Each test will include short answer questions and multiple-choice and / or true / false test questions.
Assessment of cas-resolution seminars module (30% of the overall grade). The evaluation of this activity will consist of the following tests: a) Oral presentation of the practical case, in class of seminars, for each group of work, and b) Written tests consisting of multiple choice questions that will include the different aspects treated in the classes of seminars. These tests will have a weight of 6 and 4 points, over 10, respectively. Only the average will be considered if the score of a) and b) is equal or superior to 4.
*Student’s assessment may experience some modifications depending on the restrictions to face-to-face activities enforced by health authorities.
Final Considerations:
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Cas-resolution seminars assessment | 30 | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 3, 7, 2, 12, 11 |
Final exam | 42 | 2 | 0.08 | 6, 5, 10, 8, 9, 2, 4 |
Midterm exam | 28 | 1.5 | 0.06 | 6, 5, 10, 8, 9, 2, 4 |
Recommended books:
- James W. Brown. 2015. Principles of microbial diversity. First edition. ASM Press.
- Madigan MT, Martinko JM, Bender KS, Buckley DH, Stahl DA. 2014. Brock Biología de los Microorganismos. 14ª ed. Pearson Education.
- Madigan MT, Bender KS, Buckley DH, Sattley WM, Stahl DA. 2017. Brock Biology of Microorganisms. 15th ed. Pearson SA.
- Martín A, Béjar V, Gutiérrez JC, Llagostera M, Quesada E. 2019. Microbiología Esencial. 1ª ed. Editorial Médica Panamericana.
- Ogunseitan O. 2005. Microbial diversity. Form and function in Prokaryotes. Blackwell Publishing.
- Staley JT, Reysenbach AL. 2002. Biodiversity of microbial life: foundation of earth's biosphere. Willey-Liss, Inc, New York.
- Willey JM, Sherwood LM, Woolverton CJ. 2008. Microbiología de Prescott, Harley y Klein. 7ª ed. MacGraw-Hill.
- Willey JM, Sherwood LM, Woolverton CJ. 2017. Prescott's Microbiology. 10th ed. MacGraw-Hill.
Oher useful reference books:
- The Prokaryotes.
Rosenberg E, DeLong E F, Lory S, Stackebrandt E, Thompson F (Editors). 2013-14. The Prokaryotes. Fourth Edition. 11 vol. Springer, New York.
- Bergey's Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology
Garrity G (Ed.) 2001-2011. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Second Edition. 5 vol. Springer, New York.
Volume package:
- Bergey's Manual® of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria
Whitman WB (Ed.). 2015. Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (digital Ed.). First Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. DOI: 10.1002/9781118960608
(http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/ref/bergeysmanual)
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