ECTS credits ECTS credits: 4.5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 1 Expository Class: 15 Interactive Classroom: 28 Total: 44
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Microbiology and Parasitology
Areas: Microbiology
Center Higher Technical Engineering School
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
The course is aimed at students with very basic knowledge of the microbial world. The aim is to introduce students to key concepts in microbiology that will be relevant when designing a fermentation or industrial microbial process. Some classes will be taught in the laboratory so that the concepts can be connected with the practical application at the same time that we become familiar with the working conditions and instruments of a microbiology laboratory.
1. Introduction to the microbial world. Morphology and physiology of microorganisms. Differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic micro-organisms. Microscopic observation. Simple and differential stains.
2. Microbial growth. Important parameters. Environmental factors. Microbial growth curves. Culture of micro-organisms on different substrates. Types of culture media
3. Industrial microbiology. Types of fermentations. Food production by fermentation with micro-organisms. Production of secondary metabolites. Search and selection of micro-organisms of industrial interest.
4. Control and prevention of microbiological risks in industry. Methods of disinfection, sterilisation and reduction of microbial load.
5. Enzymes. Industrially important groups. Recombinant enzymes. Fermentations with enzymes and immobilised cells.
Interactive classes:
They will consist of the presentation by the students of a research work carried out as a team.
Technical visit:
A visit to a company in the field of biotechnological processes is planned.
Practical laboratory classes:
-Sampling and cultivation of microorganisms in different media. Observation and handling of bacteria and fungi.
Stains for microscopic observation of micro-organisms.
-Growth curves.
-Production of degradative enzymes of industrial interest (proteases, amylases, etc.). Production of secondary metabolites (production of antibiotics).
-Fermentation using yeast immobilised in alginate.
Basic Bibliography:
Title: Microbiología Esencial, 1ª edición
Editors: Martín A, Béjar V, Gutiérrez J, Llagostera M, Quesada E.
Editorial: Editorial Médica Panamericana
Year: 2019
ISBN: 978-84-9835-786-8 (printed version+ eBook)
ISBN: 978-84-9110-242-7 (eBook version )
MADIGAN, Michael T. et al. Brock: Biología de los microorganismos. 14ª edición. Ed. Pearson. ISBN: 978-84-9035-279-3
MARTÍN, Ana et al. Microbiología esencial. Ed. Panamericana. ISBN: 978-84-9835-786-8
Bibliography and complementary material:
scientific articles for each specific topic
Knowledge
(CN03) Have knowledge of the relevant biological fundamentals in bioprocesses in the context of Chemical Engineering.
Competence
(CP01) Apply knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and other natural sciences, gained through study, experience, and practice, with critical reasoning to establish economically viable solutions to technical problems.
Skill
(HD02) Adapt to structural changes in society caused by factors or phenomena of an economic, energetic or natural nature, in order to solve the derived problems and provide technological solutions with a high commitment to sustainability.
Lectures; Experimental laboratory practicals:
All subjects will be taught partly in lectures and partly in the practical laboratory. The teaching in the laboratory will be carried out when it is considered that the subject matter is clearer with the practical work of the students (CN03, CP01, HD02).
Seminars and Presentation of work:
Students will have to prepare and present a work carried out in teams (CN03, CP01, HD02).
Lectures and technical visits:
There will be a compulsory visit to a company, coordinated by the three subjects of the module (CN03, CP01, HD02). This activity will be assessed by means of a short questionnaire.
Experimental laboratory practice:
Attendance to the laboratory classes is compulsory. Failure to attend laboratory classes without justification will result in the impossibility of taking the exam (CP01).
For tutorials, as well as to maintain direct communication both between students and between them and the teacher, the Virtual Campus forum, Ms. Teams or e-mail can be used.
The assessment will be based on the exam (60%), continuous assessment activities (35% divided between the report of the work carried out in the laboratory, the exhibition of the team work and the technical visit), and the teacher's report (5%).
Distribution of marks:
Exam: 60% (must be passed with a 5/10)(CN03, CP01, HD02).
The exam will consist of questions related to both the theoretical and practical contents of the subject and must be passed in order to pass the subject.
Teamwork 15% (CN03, CP01, HD02)
Practical report 15% (CN03, CP01, HD02)
Questionnaire of the technical visit 5% (CN03, CP01, HD02) (in case the visit cannot be carried out, an individual work on the subject of the visit will be carried out, which will also be evaluated with 5%)
Tutorials/professor's report 5%.
Students who do not pass the exam will not be taken into account in the continuous assessment, and the final grade will be the grade obtained in the exam out of 10 points.
The exam of the second opportunity will account for 60% of the mark and must be passed with a 5/10 as in the first opportunity, maintaining the marks obtained in the continuous assessment (assignments, practicals, etc.).
Grades will not be kept from one year to the next.
In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the Regulations on the Evaluation of Students' Academic Performance and Revision of Grades will apply.
Theoretical teaching: 15 h
Interactive seminar/technical visit teaching: 10 h
Interactive teaching in the laboratory/computer room: 18 h
Tutoring in small groups: 1 h
Examination and revision: 2 h
Personal work of students: 66.5 h
Study the contents up to date
Maintain fluid communication with the teacher.
To raise with the teacher and/or the rest of the class any concern, curiosity or doubt related to the subject.
Maintain a positive attitude and curiosity, especially in the practical laboratory classes, in which natural samples with both prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms will be analysed, and in which students will be able to discover for themselves microorganisms that produce molecules of interest (antibiotics and enzymes of industrial interest).
The course will be taught in Spanish.
The Virtual Classroom will be used
The admission and permanence of students enrolled in the practical laboratory requires that they know and comply with the rules included in the "protocol of basic safety training for experimental spaces" of the School of Engineering, available in the safety section of its website, which can be accessed as follows:
1. https://www.usc.gal/es/centro/escuela-tecnica-superior-ingenieria
2. Access the intranet with your personal credentials.
3. Go to Documentation> Security > Training.
4. Click on "Basic safety training protocol for experimental spaces".
The Virtual Campus forum, Ms. Teams or e-mail can be used for tutorials, as well as to maintain direct communication both between the students themselves and between them and the teacher.
Carlos Rodriguez Osorio
Coordinador/a- Department
- Microbiology and Parasitology
- Area
- Microbiology
- Phone
- 881816050
- cr.osorio [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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| 12:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Classroom A6 |
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| 10:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Classroom A6 |
| 02.28.2025 10:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | Classroom A6 |
| 02.28.2025 10:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom A6 |
| 02.28.2025 10:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLIL_01 | Classroom A6 |
| 06.30.2025 10:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLIL_01 | Classroom A6 |
| 06.30.2025 10:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | Classroom A6 |
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