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Unit of Study BIO72100 - Clinical Bacteriology (2017)

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Unit description

Builds on the level of understanding obtained in the units of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics. There is an increased focus on diagnosis and control of infectious diseases in humans and on analysis and interpretation of complex microbiological data. Students will develop investigative and analytical skills and be able to solve clinical cases related to infectious diseases.

Unit content

Topic 1: Pathogenic microorganisms (their handling, including safety requirements), cultivation, isolation and relationship to the indigenous flora of humans and animals)

Topic 2: Protein cecretion in bacteria.

Topic 3: Bacterial genetics and molecular biology

Topic 4: Lateral gene transfer in bacteria  

Topic 5: Gene knockouts

Topic 6: Introduction to the use of prokaryotes in genetic engineering

Topic 7: Recombinant DNA Technology

Topic 8: Data processing and numerical analysis in clinical microbiology; 

Topic 9: Antibiotics and antibiotic sensitivity testing.

Topic 10: A detailed study of the common and most important bacteria and yeast pathogens and the diseases they cause

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Not currently available in 2017

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 describe bacterial transmission to humans including concepts of virulence, opportunistic pathogens, predisposing factors to disease and the role of vaccines in protection of human hosts from infection
2 compare ways in which various physical and chemical methods can be used to influence microbial growth
3 compare bacterial proteins including their secretion, transport to different cellular compartments and how the proteins can be used in bacterial identification
4 discuss bacterial DNA with special emphasis on mutations, bacterial replication, the use of DNA in the molecular taxonomy of bacterial species and the exchange DNA fragments
5 evaluate the use of plant pathogens to construct transgenic plants
6 solve a series of clinical cases using your knowledge of DNA, bacteria and disease in humans

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. describe bacterial transmission to humans including concepts of virulence, opportunistic pathogens, predisposing factors to disease and the role of vaccines in protection of human hosts from infection
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  2. compare ways in which various physical and chemical methods can be used to influence microbial growth
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  3. compare bacterial proteins including their secretion, transport to different cellular compartments and how the proteins can be used in bacterial identification
    • GA1:
  4. discuss bacterial DNA with special emphasis on mutations, bacterial replication, the use of DNA in the molecular taxonomy of bacterial species and the exchange DNA fragments
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  5. evaluate the use of plant pathogens to construct transgenic plants
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  6. solve a series of clinical cases using your knowledge of DNA, bacteria and disease in humans
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
    • GA5: