THIS COURSE PROVIDES AN INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY FOR PHARMACY STUDENTS. IT COVERS
TOPICS SUCH AS BACTERIAL STRUCTURES WHICH INCLUDES THE SIZE AND MORPHOLOGY OF BACTERIA,
EXTERNAL STRUCTURES INVOLVED WITH THE MOVEMENT OF CELLS AND ATTACHMENT AND EVEN THE
FORMATION OF ENDOSPORES. THIS COURSE ALSO INTRODUCES BASIC MICROBIOLOGICAL
TECHNIQUES SUCH AS MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUES, STAINING, ISOLATION, CULTURE, MAINTENANCE
AND STORAGE OF PURE CULTURES AND EVEN ENUMERATION OF BACTERIA. STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE
INTRODUCED TO TOPICS SUCH AS BACTERIAL GROWTH, MICROBIAL NUTRITION AND METABOLISM,
BACTERIAL GENETICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS. THE PRINCIPLES OF INFECTION
AND HOST-PATHOGEN RELATIONSHIP WILL ALSO BE COVERED. FINALLY, STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE
TAUGHT ON FUNGI, VIRUSES AND PARASITES ON THE ASPECTS OF STRUCTURE, CLASSIFICATION AND
CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE.