本课程为农业与生物学院的兽医专业学位硕士研究生的非学位课程。微生物既是现代生物学研究的重要对象，又是现代生物学研究必不可少的工具，动物微生物不仅关系动物的健康，更与人类健康息息相关。本课程阐述细菌的超微结构特征、细菌的内外毒素、粘附因子和侵袭因子与细菌的致病的相关性，从毒力岛、超抗原、凋亡等进一步揭示细菌致病的内在本质。从病毒的结构特征、遗传与变异揭示病毒致病的特征。利用经典的方法结合分子生物学和信息学的手段对微生物进行快速、特异的诊断，抗原的改造和新型疫苗的研制。为今后的工作实践打下宽厚的微生物学基础。

Senior Animal Microbiology is a discipline to apply the theoretics and technique of current molecular biology to study the basic phenomena and principle of microorganisms 。Then evolution laws of bacterium about growth and replication，heredity，pathogenicity, antigenicity, and medicine resistant will be revealed. All these will be helpful to diagnosis and prevention of infection disease causing by bacteria. Meanwhile molecular structure and function of viruses, the interactions between viruses and their hosts（or cells）by use of the modern theories and techniques of molecular biology will also be introduced. Our course will be emphasis on the ultrastructure, toxin, adhesin and invasion factors, pathogenic island, superantigen, apoptosis, medicine mechanism , viral taxonomy , nomenclature, viral replication, viral genetics and evolution, determinants of viral virulence and host resistance/susceptibility, mechanisms of viral oncogenesis, laboratory diagnosis of viral disease, pathogenic mechanisms , development of the genetic engineering vaccine of the viruses. Another knowledge system will also be introduced about how to use the software and database of bio-information.