CCMAS Course Search

Current concepts in the classification of bacteria; Cultural and nutritional studies; Bacterial pathogenicity and emerging diseases; Antibiotic and Drug resistance; Anaerobic Bacteriology; Laboratory diagnosis; chemotherapy and clinical significance of nosocomial and anaerobic infections

Dynamics of microbial populations in air; water and soil; Distribution and survival of aerial and aquatic microorganisms; Biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and chemical elements; Application of microbial systems in water purification; waste management and pollution control; Recent advances in biotransformation and bioremediation

Detailed chemistry of specific foods; Role of intrinsic and extrinsic factors in microbial deterioration of foods; Microbial food-borne infections and food intoxications; Quality assurance in the food industry; Role of microbial enzymes in the food industry; Food production and processing; Indigenous fermented foods in Africa and Nigeria; Optimization of food processing methods; Use of prebiotics and probiotics in foods

Ecological relationships amongst microorganisms with special reference to mutualism; competition; synergism and parasitism; Biochemistry of intra and inter-specific interactions; Simulation of microbial environments in continuous culture; Microbiology of extreme environments; Ecology of the rhizosphere; phylloplane and coral reefs

Principles of Gene expression; Recombinant DNA Technology; Applications of Genetic Engineering in Medicine; Industry and Agriculture; Hybridization; Polymerase Chain Reaction and Microarray Techniques; Mapping of prokaryotic genomes e.g; E; coli genome libraries; SAGE DNA chip technology; Functional genomics computer analysis; proteomics

Energy yielding metabolic processes and pathways in microorganisms; Biosynthetic pathways with special reference to nucleic acids; vitamins; proteins; polysaccharides and lipids; Regulation of biosynthetic processes

Current trends in the classification of fungi; Fine structure of fungi; Mechanism of spore dispersal and germination; Water relations and rhythms of spore liberation; Economic mycology with special reference to food and industry; Mycotic infections and their control; Fungal toxicology

Current trends in aetiology of plant diseases; Ecological and epidemiological aspects of fungal; viral and bacterial diseases of plants; Cytological and biochemical changes in plant diseases

Detailed studies of microorganisms of public health significance in water; food; air and the soil; Mechanism of bacterial and parasitic infections; Epidemiology of communicable diseases and community protection methods

Microbiology and biochemistry of agronomically important soil processes; Decomposition of organic matter such as hemicellulose; cellulose; lignin and fertilizers; Biochemistry of pesticide degradation