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BIOL-J302

Microbiologie médicale

academic year
2024-2025

Course teacher(s)

Véronique FONTAINE (Coordinator)

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

Sterility; bacterial growth; bacteria identification; microbial analyses of pharmaceutical ou cosmetic products; microbial water quality; antibiotics sensitivity assays and mecanisms of resistance; biocids efficacity assays; environmental microbial quality control; identification of microorganisms by PCR or reverse hybridization

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

Experimental comprehension of asepsie, sterility, environnemental microbial contamination interfering in pharmaceutical products, bacterial growth; knowledge and use of microscopic, biochemical and genetic methods to identify bacteria, fungi and virus; performance in methods to enumarate microbial contamination in pharmaceutical products, microbial water analysis; biocids efficacity assessment; comprehension of bacterial antibiotics resistance and assessment methods

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Required and corequired courses

Cours co-requis

Cours ayant celui-ci comme co-requis

Teaching methods and learning activities

Experimental exercices

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

  • Presentations power-point course Biol-J-301, on the virtual University website.

  • Book (syllabus) written by the teacher (V. Fontaine)

Other information

Contacts

Véronique Fontaine, Unité de Microbiologie et Hygiène, CP 205/2, Campus de la Plaine, room 1B7.111, email: vfontain@ulb.ac.be

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Other

Other

Rapports after each experiment + one final assessment

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

50% rapports - 50% final assessment

Language(s) of evaluation

  • french

Programmes