Bacterial Pathogenesis

Catalog description

A study of the physiological, genetic, and biochemical basis underlying some of the commonly encountered bacterial diseases. The course also addresses the roles of antimicrobial compounds and the host immune system in counteracting disease. In the lab module for the course, students perform discovery-oriented research as they identify novel genes in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) that affect bacterial virulence in a C. elegans (roundworm) model of disease. Two 75-minute lecture periods, one three-hour laboratory period ( BIO 625L ).