Course title
微生物学   [Microbiology]
Course category	technology speciality courses	Requirement		Credit	2
Department		Year	1～4	Semester	1st
Course type	1st	Course code	021108
Instructor(s)
田中 剛   [TANAKA Tsuyoshi]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Engineering	Office	afjgxte/L1151	Email address

Course description

Basic molecular biology is the basic course for students to learn “Molecular biology” and “Cell biology” at the second semester of the first year. This course will reveal the microbiology and its history, because microbiology is the fundamental for the development of modern biology. This course will focus on both the basic microbiology and applied biology. The basic microbiology will mainly contain the introduction of the general classification of microorganism and the experimental methods. The applied microbiology will discuss the role of the microorganisms in the biological and physical cycle in nature, the useful natural compounds from microorganisms, and the microorganism-related diseases.

Expected Learning

By the end of the course, the students should understand and be able to primarily explain the following issues: 1) history of biology and microbiology 2) classification of microorganisms 3) role of the microorganisms in the biological and physical cycle in nature 4) genetic engineering for microorganisms 5) useful natural compounds from microorganisms, and the microorganism-related diseases

Course schedule

Lesson 1/Unit 1/1 Introduction of molecular biology (Basic concepts of biology and microbiology) Lesson 2/Unit 2/2 History of molecular biology/History of biology and microbiology Lesson 3/Unit 3/3 History and principle of microscope (bright field, dark field, phase contrast, differential interference, fluorescence, etc.) Lesson 4/Unit 4/4 Microorganism and virus 1 Lesson 5/Unit 5/5 Microorganism and virus 2 Lesson 6/Unit 6/6 Cell growth and cell cultivation (cell counting, microbiological experiments) Lesson 7/Unit 7/7 Introduction of evolution Lesson 8/Unit 8/8 Mid-term examination Lesson 9/Unit 9/9 Taxonomy 1 Lesson 10/Unit 10/9 Taxonomy 2 Lesson 11/Unit 11/11 Environmental microbiology (microorganisms in biology and physical cycle in nature, distribution of microorganisms) Lesson 12/Unit 12/12 Modification of microorganisms (Mutation, genetic manipulation, cell fusion) Lesson 13/Unit 13/13 Useful natural compounds (Food, sugar, amino acid, antibiotic, enzyme, polymer, fuel) Lesson 14/Unit 14/14 Microbiology and disease Lesson 15/Unit 15/15 Final examination

Prerequisites

Required Text(s) and Materials

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References

Jacquelyn Black's 6th Edition of Microbiology: Principles and Explorations (John Wiley)

Assessment/Grading

The students will be evaluated by their performances on the mid-term and final examinations.

Message from instructor(s)

By revealing the history and the development of modern biology, especially the microbiology, I expect students can obtain the essential knowledge that will help them to accomplish the cutting edge researches on bioengineering.

Course keywords

Basic/applied microbiology, taxonomy, genetic engineering, pharmaceutical microbiology, food engineering, infection control, environmental microbiology

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Lecture Language

Japanese

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Last update

2/5/2020 2:37:00 PM