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General and Applied Microbiology 205 (950.205) [MC]

This unit assumes completion of Introductory Microbiology 204 and deals with the theme ‘bad bugs-good bugs’. The unit begins with bacterial genetics and its application to medical microbiology and to biotechnology. There are lectures on infectious diseases including bacterial, viral and fungal pathogens, and on immunology and how the host deals with an infection. The unit then covers the useful roles of microbes in biotechnology and in the environment. In the laboratory sessions students gain a deeper understanding of the activities of bacteria, viruses, fungi and master laboratory skills for work in a professional microbiology laboratory. This unit is one of the prerequisites for a major in Microbiology.

Lectures: 2 per week; tutorials/labs: 3 hrs per week for 10 weeks

Unit Co-ordinator: Dr B. J. Mee

Prerequisite: Enrolment in Introductory Microbiology 204

Incompatible: Introductory Microbiology 200 (before 2003)