Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

MCB 424 — Microbial Physiology & Metabolism

MCB department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

explain the growth dynamics of bacterial cultures
discuss the effect of physical and chemical factors affecting bacterial growth
identify energy and carbon sources for autotrophic and heterotrophic bacteria
describe metabolic pathways for biosynthesis of industrial microbiology
elucidate anabolic and catabolic reactions
explain gibbs free energy, entropy, enthalpy and their relationships; and

Course contents

Review of bacterial anatomy and cytochemistry. Dynamics of growth (batch and continuous culture). Nutrition and energy metabolism of micro-organisms. Effect of physical and chemical factors on growth; biochemistry of various microbial processes such as transport, regulation and respiration. Biosynthesis of microbial products.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study MCB 424.

MCB 424 — Microbial Physiology & Metabolism

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Course contents

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