MBIO 331 - Microbial Physiology

Energy: its importance, its compounds and sources stating the physical and chemical nature of the phenomena. The carbon sources and the spectrum of bacterial utilization of natural carbon sources maintaining the recycling of compounds in and out the biological system. The formation of the primary units for construction of the cell and its relation to nutrition and growth. The primary metabolism and secondary metabolism to explain growth, industrial and the pathogenic nature of microbes.