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General Microbiology & Immunology (PM 401) Second level Semester 4 2024/2025

Course content

Title Page

• Aim of the course 2

• Introduction to microbiology 3
• Morphology of microorganisms

• Structure of Bacteria
• Cell wall 19

• Cell membrane
• Transport across membrane

• Requirements for microbial growth 38
• Cultivation & identification of microorganisms

• Microbial Growth 55

• Fungi 68

• Viruses 79

• Introduction to immunology 93
• Innate Immunity

• Complement pathways 103
• Phagocytosis
• Innate cellular immunity 114

• Adaptive immunity

• Humeral adaptive immunity 130

• Antigen 139
• Antigen-antibody interaction

• Basics of genetics 156

• Transcription &Translation 169

• Mutation 183

• Self-learning links 194

• References 195

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