BOTN 325 — Bacteria and Viruses
Plant and Environmental Biology · University of Ghana
Morphology of bacteria, distinguishing between Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Growth and recombination in bacteria. Formation, structure and function of endospores. Characteristics of Aerobic and Anaerobic bacteria. Physical and chemical anti-bacterial agents. Structure and composition of viruses, bacteriophages and viroids: classification of plant viruses, and culturing of plant and animal viruses.. The symptoms and economic effects of the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus disease. African Cassava Mosaic virus disease. Cassava Mosaic Virus disease and Groundnut Rosette Virus disease, and the control of the viruses.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- BIOL 201 — Introductory Plant Morphology
- BIOL 315 — Principles of Genetics
- BIOL 318 — Aquatic Biology
- BOTN 400 — Project Work
- BOTN 410 — Language for Scientists II
- BOTN 411 — Fungi and Lichens
- BOTN 413 — Cell Ultra Structure and Function
- BOTN 414 — Economic Botany
- BOTN 417 — Microbiology
- BOTN 418 — Plant Pathology
- BOTN 419 — Advanced Plant Taxonomy
- BOTN 422 — Floral and Reproductive Biology
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).