- 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
Biologia dei microrganismi".
A cura di Gianni Dehò e Enrica Galli.Prima edizione - 2012. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana.
"Brock. Biologia dei Microrganismi". Vol.1 Microbiologia Generale e Vol. 2 Microbiologia ambientale e industriale.
M.T.Madigan, J.M. Martinko, D.A. Stahl, D.P. Clark. Traduzione della 13ma edizione americana - 2012 Pearson Italia
Teaching methods
Class-room lectures
Assessment methods
Finalwritten exam
Teaching tools
PC and projector
Office hours
See the website of Roberto Borghese