11^th Global Medical Microbiology Summit & Expo

Microbial Diversity

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The aim of this component on Medical Microbiology is to enable you to understand the concepts underlying the biology of microbes, the basic structure of cell, classification of microorganisms,  microbial physiology. We will achieve this aim by examining aspects of their biology that differentiate microbes from larger organisms. We revise and build on previous material on the structure and evolution of the cell. Microorganisms can be isolated from their natural environments by a variety of techniques and can be cultured. Bacterial viruses, or bacteriophages, are estimated to be the most widely distributed and diverse entities in the biosphere. From initial research defining the nature of viruses, to deciphering the fundamental principles of life, to the development of the science of molecular biology, phages have been 'model organisms' for probing the basic chemistry of life. Computational Biology, sometimes referred to as bioinformatics, is the science of using biological data to develop algorithms and relations among various biological systems. Microbial physiology is the study of microbial structure and function, in particular, how microbial activity responds to changes in the environment. It is therefore the key to controlling detrimental aspects of microbes, and to exploiting them for the good of the human race. Control the growth of microbes by physical, chemical and Biological methods. Microbial ecology (or environmental microbiology) is the ecology of microorganisms: their relationship with one another and with their environment. The study of genetics of very small (micro) organisms; bacteria, archaea, viruses and some protozoa and fungi is known as microbial genetics. This involves the study of the genotype of microbial species and also the expression system in the form of phenotypes.

The total global market for microbes and microbial products was worth more than $144 billion in 2010.  The 2011 market is projected to exceed $156 billion, and, by 2016, $259 billion, reflecting a 10.7% projected compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2011 and 2016.