Course Title

Microbiology

Course Number

10201341

Instructor Name

Motasem Al-Masri

Contact Information

[email protected]

Semester(s) and academic year(s)

Second Semester 2018
Second Semester 2017

Compulsory / Elective

Compulsory

The course is designed to give students detailed concepts in general microbiology. Diversity of micro-organisms; evolutionary relationships and taxonomy (viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites); principles of culture, staining, microscopy, sterilization of media and equipment; the cultural, morphological, biochemical characteristics and identification scheme for bacteria, fungi, parasites and viruses; principles of pathogenicity and defence mechanisms (immunity).  The course has one credit hour laboratory, which covers a variety of microbiological techniques, with experiments designed to illustrate major concepts of bacteriology, virology, mycology

This course will provide students with Knowledge on various sub-disciplines of Microbiology. After this course the students should know and understand all scientific disciplines of microbiology; be able to describe diversity of microorganisms; explain the basic genetic systems of bacteria; explain the ability of microorganisms to cause disease and demonstrate practical skills in fundamental microbiological techniques. The student should know different categories of microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, parasites & fungi regarding taxonomy, structure, growth characteristics & reproduction of each microbial group.

At the end of this course student will be able to demonstrate basic knowledge in each of the followings:

  Recognize microbial taxonomic classification, structure and morphology.

  Describe microbial metabolism.

  Differentiate between Gram positive, Gram negative and acid fast organism.

  Be familiar with different media for isolation and identification of different organisms.

  Distinguish microbial genetics and the uses of genetic engineering.

 Describe the antibiotic sensitivity against different organisms

 Define different methods of disinfections & sterilization.

 Make out the different levels of host-parasite relationship

  Recognize virulence factor of each organism

Tortora Funke Case. Microbiology an introduction 5^th  Ed 2010

 Prescott, Harley, & Klein’s Microbiology, 8^th Ed, 2011