- Docente: Roberto Borghese
- Credits: 6
- SSD: BIO/19
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Environmental Sciences (cod. 8011)
Learning outcomes
This course is intended to give the students a general knowledge of the main structural and functional features of the microbial cell, the growth characteristics of microorganisms (Bacteria and Archaea) and their intimate interaction with the surrounding environment.
Course contents
Structure of the prokaryotic cell: membranes, cell wall, flagella, endospores. Bacteria and Archaea. Movement and chemotaxis.
Bacterial metabolism: oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthesis; aerobic and anaerobic respiration; chemolithotrophy; fermentations.
Microbial groups: phototrophic bacteria; nitrifying bacteria; extreme halophiles; methanogenic archaea.
Environmental microbiology: Vinogradskij column; nitrogen fixation; carbon cycle; nitrogen cycle.
Readings/Bibliography
Brock. Biologia dei Microrganismi". Microbiologia generale, ambientale e industriale.
M.T. Madigan, J.M. Martinko, K.S. Bender, D.H. Buckley, D.A. Stahl. Italian translation of the 14 american edition - 2016. Pearson Italia.
Teaching methods
The course is composed of 40 hours of theoretical lectures and 12 hours of class room exercises.
Assessment methods
Final written exam
Teaching tools
The teaching material will be available to the students in electronic format via internet.
Office hours
See the website of Roberto Borghese