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• Classification of microorganisms, the human microbiota. • The bacterial cell: shape, arrangement, and structure • Bacterial spores • Bacterial metabolism and nutrition • Bacterial multiplication: growth curve • Bacterial genetics: conjugation, transformation, and transduction • Pathogenic action of bacteria; Virulence factors • Viruses: structure and viral multiplication and pathogenic action • Fungi: structure and replication, classification, pathogenesis, the different types of mycoses: • Protozoa: characteristics • Sterilization and disinfection • Vaccines and sera • Antibiotics and chemotherapeutics: basic concepts and antibiogram • Pre-analytical phase in laboratory medicine • Special bacteriology: introduction to the main groups of pathogenic microorganisms (bacteria/viruses/fungi)

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