Course title
微生物学   [Microbiology]
Course category		Requirement		Credit	2
Department		Year	2～	Semester	1st
Course type	1st	Course code	01bo2003c
Instructor(s)
佐々木 信光, 石原 加奈子, 大津 直子   [SASAKI Nobumitsu, ISHIHARA Kanako, OTSU Naoko]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Agriculture	Office	afjgxte/L1151	Email address

Course description

You will learn the basic biology of microbes (bacteria, filamentous fungus, virus) including ecology, metabolism, propagation and genetics. Furthermore, you will learn the relationships of microbes with agriculture, environment and veterinary medicine.

Expected Learning

You must understand relationships with agriculture, environment, medicine, veterinary medicine and the microbiology. https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/

Course schedule

[the microbiological basics, metabolism, genetics] 1-4) (Toyoda) 1) Introduction: Definition, the history, classification 2) Structure of bacteria 3) Virus 4) Various bacteria, alga, 5-7) (Sasaki) 5) Technique: Culture, sterilization, sterilization, nutrient medium 6) Metabolism 7) Respiration and energy production 8-11) (Li) 8) Population growth: fission, increase curve 9) Genetics 10) Influence of the environmental condition 11) Microbial ecology [Relationships with the microbe] 12 ) (Sasaki) ・Relationships with the agriculture: Fermentation, microbe material, plant disease. 13) (Toyoda) ・Relationships with the environment: Cyclical change of materials, drainage processing, symbiosis. 14) (Ishihara) ・Relationships with medical science and veterinary medicine. 15) Summary, Examination

Prerequisites

Students take the lecture for 30 hrs, and are also recommend to prepare for and revise the lectures by using texts, references and handouts, spending the standard amount of time (60 hrs)as specified by the University.

Required Text(s) and Materials

References

Occasionally prepare the books in the special field Brock：Biology of Microorganisms（13 ed.）

Assessment/Grading

Attitude to study on subnects (30%), presentation and final examination (70%) To take final examination, attendance of classes more than 10 times is required.

Message from instructor(s)

You should read related reference books introduced by teachers, and study voluntarily, and use office hours actively.

Course keywords

microbiology

Office hours

You should take appointments of teachers.

Remarks 1

Please check google classroom about the change of the schedule due to COVID-19.

Remarks 2

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Lecture Language

Japanese

Language Subject

Last update

5/18/2020 10:55:30 AM