450-8423/01 – Basics of Mikrobilogy and Immunology (ZMI)
| Gurantor department | Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering | Credits | 2 |
| Subject guarantor | RNDr. Dittmar Chmelař, PhD. | Subject version guarantor | RNDr. Dittmar Chmelař, PhD. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Optional |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2010/2011 | Year of cancellation | 2021/2022 |
| Intended for the faculties | FEI | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
System and evolutionary position of microorganisms and their specific ecological bindings in biosphere. Genetics principles of the microorganisms. Understanding the microorganisms in etiology of infectious diseases of human being.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Summary
Special evolutionary morphology and physiology illustration of the microorganisms with a view to organization structure of the acellular type (viruses, viroids, priorate) and the cellular type (bacteria, anabaena, imperfect fungi).
Compulsory literature:
Eric Chen and Sanjay Kasturi. Deja Review Microbiology & Immunology, Second Edition. McGraw-Hill Medical; 2 edition (June 21, 2010).424 pages. ISBN-13: 978-0071627153
Recommended literature:
Holt J.G. et al. (1994): Bergey´s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (Ninth Edition).Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Ninth edition (January 15, 1994). 787 pages. ISBN-13: 978-0683006032
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Credit will be awarded for attendance at classes and successful control test
E-learning
Other requirements
There are not defined other requirements for students.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
- List of most important discoveries in microbiology and clarify the meaning of microbiology in relation to the etiology of infectious diseases
- Prokaryotic cell-free fetal systems (prions, viroids, viruses). The organization and general characteristics of the reproductive cycle of viruses
- Morphology and Physiology of procaryotic organisms, focusing on the organizational structure of the procaryotic cell
- Introduction to microbial genetics and molecular biology
- Genetic aspects of variability of microorganisms (mechanism of conjugation, transduction and transformation)
- Microorganisms in the etiology of infectious diseases
- Toxigenic properties of microorganisms
- Nosocomial infections and medical instrumentation
- Basic Immunology and use in health care, methods of investigation.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction