Biology II – Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra

Learning Results

1. Identification of microorganisms. To know the microbial diversity and the bases for the identification of microbial groups of major importance for the course. 2. Identification of plants. To know the vegetal diversity taking into account the morphological characteristics of the main taxonomic groups of vascular plants and taxonomic categories, with special emphasis of the plants with interest in the area of the course and to identify this last group.

Program

Bases of microbial taxonomy and systematics; Methods in microbiology and methods of microbial identification; Nutrition, growth and conditioning factors; Applied Microbiology. Introduction to Botany. Evolution of green algae to the most evolved Magnoliophyta. Adaptations of terrestrial plants. Plant Systematics. Botanical characterization of the main families of vascular plants with interest for the course. Plant morphology: root, stem, leaf, fruit, seed.

Curricular Unit Teachers

Hélia Sofia Duarte Canas Marchante

Internship(s)

NAO

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