General microbiology [MBIOB262]

Learning outcomes

Structure of bacterial cells and how they work; the bacterial genome; principles of antibacterial chemotherapy

Objectives

To provide a basic knowledge of the bacterial cell, as a backgound for the medical microbiology course and for further autonomous learning.

Content

• Introduction to the world of micro-organisms
• Structure and function of the bacterial cell, mode of action of antibiotics
• Structure and function of the bacterial genome, genome plasticity, gene transfer

Table of contents

1. Introduction
2. The bacterial cell
3. The peptidoglycane
4. Metabolic diversity
5. The bacterial genome
6. Mobile genetic elements
7. Genome plasticity
8. The bacterial ribosome
9. The plasma membrane : energy, exchanges, motility
10. Export of proteins