"Basics in Medical Microbiology" is intended for anyone interested in Microbiology, as well as for those who either want to complement their current studies or want a refresher. Thus, it is intended for students in the field of Biological, Health, and Allied Health Sciences as well.

What will you learn in this course?

• The course begins with a rather detailed introduction on the history of Microbiology to motivate the audience to have an interest in the subject
• Next, it provides the characteristics of life found in the form of a cell and contrasts it with a virus
• The third lesson in this course describes microscopy equipment with its functional parts that aid in visualizing the minuscule organisms
• The fourth lesson focuses on the identification of microbes and cells by staining techniques, such as the gram-staining, the most important staining procedure
• The fifth, on the classification of microorganisms including taxonomy and nomenclature
• The sixth and last lesson of the course delves into microbial growth and nutrition, including culture media, a gold standard in the identification of organisms