Genetics of Microorganisms

Course Outline: (34 hours)

Contents:

1. Introduction, background and definitions

2. Molecular structure of bacteria and cellular degeneration- their various forms

3. Molecular structure of chromosome in bacteria, viruses, yeasts, and protozoans and their comparison to advanced cells (eukaryote)

4. Replication and duplication in bacteria

5. Molecular genetics of viruses and their differences, replication and duplication of yeasts

6. Replication and duplication of protozoans

7. Molecular structure and function of bacteriophages

8. Various methods of genetic mating in bacteria

9. Determining the gene map- Cis, Trans supplements

10. Mechanisms of regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes

11. Genomic rearrangement processes

12. Role of microorganisms in genetic engineering and summary of the contents

13. Telomeres, telomerase and cancer

14. Gene therapy in cancer and advanced cancers

15. Conventional cancer treatment methods and their comparison to genetic techniques