Module Delivered in

Programme CodeProgrammeSemesterDelivery
TA_SASCI_DBachelor of Science in Bioanalysis or Chemical Analysis3Elective

Short Title:Microbiology
Full Title:Microbiology
Module Code:MICR H2003
 
NFQ Level:6
 
ECTS Credits:2.5
Reviewed By:JOHN BEHAN
Description:This module aims to provide the student with: A knowledge of the nature and structure and function of micro-organisms, in particular; Bbacteria, fungi, protozoa and virions. A knowledge of how to name microorganisms Practical skills and techniques in the safe isolation, enumeration and handling of micro-organisms.
Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to
  1. At the end of this module the student will be able to:
  2. Identify the nature of micro-organisms
  3. Grow micro-organisms on laboratory media
  4. Enumerate micro-organisms
  5. Identify the biohazard status of micro-organisms
  6. Controll microbial proliferation by means of cleaning, disinfection, sterilisation and bio-safe disposal
 

Module Content & Assessment

Content
  • Microscopy:
    Examination of bacteria, fungi, protozoa and virions using microscopes and discrimination between these microbes.
  • Microbial cultivation:
    Determination of methods to isolate bacteria, fungi, protozoa and virions via the manufacture and use of selective and differential media using different temperatures and different gaseous conditions.
  • The concept of microbial growth:
    The growth kinetics of microbial populations in batch and continuous culture
  • Recovery and enumeration of micro-organisms:
    Use of swabs, contact plates, aerial centrifugal sampling, water filtration and aerobic/anaerobic incubation to recover micro-organisms
  • Control of micro-organisms:
    Use of cleaning, disinfection, antisepsis, antibiotics, antimycotics barrier technology, clean-air technology and sterilisation to control micro-organisms.
Assessment Breakdown%
Course Work50%
End of Semester Formal Examination50%
 Outcome addressed% of totalAssessment Date
Formal End-of-Semester ExaminationNone50%Semester End
Coursework Breakdown
TypeDescriptionOutcome addressed% of totalAssessment Date
Practical/Skills EvaluationNo DescriptionNone35Sem 1 End
Continuous Assessmentn/a15n/a

IT Tallaght reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload & Resources

This course has no full time workload.
Resources
Required Book Resources
  • Michael T. Madigan, John M. Martinko, Jack Parker 2003, Brock biology of microorganisms, 10th ed Ed., Prentice Hall/Pearson Education Upper Saddle River, N.J. [ISBN: ISBN 0130662712]
  • L. M. Prescott, J. P. Harley, and D. A. Klein., Microbiology, 6th ed Ed.