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| BIY3024 | Microbial Metabolism | 3+0+0 | ECTS:6 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of BIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Rabiye TERZİ | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Gaining some knowledges about microorganism metabolism and metabolic differences among organisms. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Explain how bacterial metabolism is regulated | 1,3,4 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | Describe pathways of energy production in microorganism and explain bacterial fermentations | 1,3,4 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | Summarize catabolic and anabolic reactions in microorganisms | 1,3,4 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | Express molecular nitrogen fixation | 1,3,4 | | | LO - 5 : | State alternative pathways of glycolysis | 1,3,4 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Nutrition of bacteria, aerobic and anaerobic glucose metabolism, metabolism of substrates other than glucose, metabolic diversity and activities of heterotrophs, regulation of bacterial metabolism, bacterial fermentation, chemolitothropic and phototrophic metabolism, fixation of molecular nitrogen, energy metabolism, lipid metabolism, protein and amino acid metabolism, nucleic acid metabolism, nutrient synthesis in microorganism. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | General Characteristics of Bacteria, Cell Structure
| | | Week 2 | The Biosynthesis of Cellular Constituent
| | | Week 3 | Carbohydrate Metabolism | | | Week 4 | Lipid Metabolism
| | | Week 5 | Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism
| | | Week 6 | Nucleic Acid Metabolism
| | | Week 7 | Nucleic Acid Metabolism | | | Week 8 | Energy Metabolisms of Microorganisms
| | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Aerobic Respiration in Microorganisms
| | | Week 11 | Anaerobic Respiration, Bacterial Fermentation
Seminary presentation | | | Week 12 | Nutrition of Bacteria | | | Week 13 | Nitrogen Metabolism as a Resource of Energy in Anaerobic Microorganisms | | | Week 14 | Concepts of Primary and Secondary Metabolisms | | | Week 15 | Regulation of Microbial Metabolism, Operons | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Demirbag, Z. 2006; Genel Mikrobiyoloji, Ra Kitabevi, Trabzon | | | |
| 1 | Terzi, R. 2008; Mikrobiyal Metabolizma Ders Notları, Trabzon | | | 2 | Gottschalk, G. 1986; Bacterial Metabolism, Springer-Verlag, Berlin | | | 3 | Caldwell, D.R. 1995; Microbial Physiology and Metabolism, William, C. Brown Pub., USA | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 20
04
2024 | 1 | 30 | | Presentation | 11 | 14
05
2024 | | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 09
06
2024 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 15 | 45 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 13 | 52 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 6 | 18 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 20 | 60 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 180 |
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