Unit · year 2
BU-203 · Microbiology
Threads systems · evolution5 concepts
The biology of bacteria, archaea and viruses.
Concepts in this unit
T-041
The bacterial growth curve
Lag, exponential, stationary and death phases.
T-042
Antibiotic resistance
Evolution in action under drug selection.
T-043
Horizontal gene transfer
Sharing genes between unrelated lineages.
T-044
Viral replication
The lytic and lysogenic strategies.
T-045
Microbial metabolic diversity
The many ways microbes extract energy.