About the course

This course meets the need of professional capable of acting in specialties comprising microbiology in their different fields of work: food, environmental, industrial, and clinical analysis. USC offers a differentiated structure, with large laboratories and equipped with leading-edge technology, thus assuring great comfort on practical classes, and familiarizes the student with the labor market. Additionally, we have the best teachers and professionals in the area.

Subjects

• General considerations about Microbiology, eukaryotic vs. prokaryotic cell, Bacteriology, Mycology, and Virology
• Sterilization and Biosafety
• Microbial growth parameters / Food Safety Management Tools
• Food-borne infections and intoxications: pathogen control
• Methods for detecting and characterizing important microorganisms in food
• Water microbiological control
• Vegetable foods. Meat, poultry, and seafood
• Milk, Eggs. Confectionery Products. Nutrient enteral solutions
• Commercially sterile food
• Fungi and mycotoxins. Predictive modelling
• Microbial biodiversity and biogeochemical cycles
• Analytical contamination indicating processes; bioremediation and microorganism bioprospecting techniques
• Microbial biofilms and health, environment, and industry interface
• Biotechnological fermentation processes
• Sterilization and fermentation control
• Microbial origin therapeutic products: Antibiotics, Vaccines, and Hormones
• Microbial origin biotechnological products: Enzymes
• Microbial origin biotechnological products: Beverages and Biofuel
• Bacterial infections: main groups of pathogenic bacteria; detection and identification methods
• Viral infections: main viral infection agents; detection and identification methods
• Fungi infections: superficial, cutaneous, subcutaneous, systemic, and opportunist mycoses; detection and identification methods
• Antimicrobial drugs and resistance bases; main antimicrobial agents; main resistance mechanisms; phenotypical and genotypical methods for detecting resistance
• Upper and lower airway infections; Central nervous system infections; Skin and soft tissue infections
• Genitourinary tract infections; Gastrointestinal tract infections
• Sepsis; health care-related infections (IRAS) and CCIH importance
• Interdisciplinary topics in Microbiology