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2011/2 Provisional Module Catalogue - UNDER CONSTRUCTION & SUBJECT TO CHANGE
 Module Code: BMS2037 Module Title: CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
Module Provider: Biosciences Short Name: BMS2037
Level: HE2 Module Co-ordinator: MCFADDEN J Prof (Biosciences)
Number of credits: 15 Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
 
Module Availability
Semester One
Assessment Pattern

Coursework - Essay – 30% submission deadline: week 8 
Examination - MCQ – 70%
Module Overview
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
Module Aims
  • To provide an introduction to the principles and techniques of bacteriology and virology
  • To provide an introduction to protozoan evolution and development
  • To provide an introduction to the molecular basis of bacterial phylogeny and the bacterial genome
  • To provide an introduction to the modern classification of protozoan organisms  and animal viruses and the major classes of protozoa and viruses
  • To describe the structural, physiological, biochemical and genetic characteristics of the major groups of bacteria and animal viruses
  • To describe the diseases caused by bacteria and protozoa 
  • To examine virulence mechanisms in pathogenic bacteria and protozoa 
  • To examine the role and effects of bacteria and protozoa in the environment
  • To understand the nature of viruses and the differences between these agents and other microbes 
Learning Outcomes

  •  On successful completion of this module you should be able to:-
    • Describe the characteristics of the major groups of bacteria, protozoa and viruses and recommend tests that could be used to identify and distinguish between species that are most frequently encountered in clinical specimens
    • Understand how the various groups of bacteria and protozoa derive energy and nutrients from their environment and the constraints imposed on viruses by their dependence on the host cell
    • Describe the pathology associated with a number of bacterial and protozoan diseases
    • Understand host-pathogen interactions that lead to disease pathology for a number of model diseases
    • Describe the principles of diagnosis for selected infectious diseases
    • Describe the principles of treatment for selected infectious diseases
    • Understand the role of bacteria and protozoa in the environment
Module Content

Lecture No:

Lecturer

Topic

1

SFP

Enterobacteriacae      - E.coli, Shigella, Salmonella

2

SFP

                       - Yersinia and other enterics

3

SFP

                       - Vibrios, Camphylobacter

4

SFP

Pseudomonads: human and plant pathogens                                            

5

JMcF

Neisseriacae - N. gonorrheaa, N. menigitidis.

6

JMcF

Legionella, Haemophillus, Brucella and Bordetella, G- anaerobes

7

JMcF

Spirochetes and Leptospira, Chlamydia and Rickettsia

8

JMcF

Chlamydia and Rickettsia and mycoplasmas

9

GS

Gram-positive bacteria - Streptococcus, Staphylococcus

10

GS

                                     -- Bacillus, B. anthracis, Clostridium, Cl. tetani

11

GS

Actinomycetes, Norcardia, Corynebacteria and Listeriaand Listeria                               

12

GS

Mycobacteria  M. tuberculosis, M. leprae        

13

JMcF

Chemoautotrophic and photosynthetic bacteria

14

AC

Introduction to the protozoa – Evolution and development 

15

AC

Pathogenicity of protozoa

16

AC

Vector-borne protozoan diseases - Epidemiology and case studies

17

AC

Waterborne protozoan diseases - epidemiology and Case studies

18

NL

What are viruses, why study them

19

NL

Growth and assay of viruses

20

NL

Virus classification, the cellular environment

21

NL

Clinical virology:detection and diagnostic

22

LOR

Replication of positive strand RNA viruses

23

LOR

Replication of positive strand RNA viruses

24

NL

Replication of negative strand RNA viruses

25

NL

Replication of negative strand RNA viruses

26

LOR

Replication of DNA viruses

27

LOR

Replication of DNA viruses

28

NL

Vectored viruses

29-30

NL/LOR

Practical class:Virus Assay and detection

Methods of Teaching/Learning
Selected Texts/Journals

Recommended Books:
Brock:  Biology of Microorganisms (2002), Madigan, Martinko, Parker.  Prentice Hall International, New Jersey, 8th Edition 
Case Studies in Infectious Disease (2009).  Peter Lydyard and others (Editors) Garland Science. 
Principles of Molecular Virology (2nd Edition), AJ Cann, Academic Press Virology Principles and Applications, J Carter, V Saunders (Wiley)
Last Updated
12 April 2011