546-0112/01 – Microbiology in Water Technology (MBTV)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Mgr. Hana Vojtková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Mgr. Hana Vojtková, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | 2021/2022 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Target competences lie in gaining new knowledge and its application in problem solving, observation, experiments and communication:
- to characterize the basic features of aquatic microorganisms with regard to water supply, surface water and wastewater treatment plants; to understand phylogenetic relationships of individual groups, identify and name characteristic organisms of individual taxa and understand the importance of indicator microorganisms
- to apply the gained knowledge in dealing with practical tasks in seminars, to consider the consequences of a phenomenon from the environmental, sanitary as well as economic points of view; to build a positive attitude to nature
- to be able to work independently on the set tasks, to observe and objectively record the experiment results, to adhere to safe (aseptic) work principles when working with biological material and technical equipment
- to be able to work with expert/academic texts, to be familiar with the expert terminology, to be able to synthetize the obtained experimental data and to justify own approach in dealing with a biological problem
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Experimental work in labs
Other activities
Summary
The subject is focused on clarification of the position of aquatic microorganisms with regard to water supply, surface water and wastewater treatment plants in the system of living nature.
Students will acquire information about morphology and physiology of basic groups of microorganisms in waters, about their ecological function and also about the influence of microbial populations on water quality.
Part of the lectures is devoted to the practical use of microorganisms in water treatment technologies and their role as indicators of water quality in accordance with current legislation.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Ongoing checks of students’ work are ensured via discussing the lecture topics; the practical competences are observed when working in the laboratory.
To gain credits, students hand in records and completed tasks from the laboratory assignments.
The course is completed by an examination, which may be scheduled having gained the initial credit. The examination is divided into a written and oral part.
E-learning
Other requirements
- regular participation in the seminars
- completion of the records and set tasks
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Importance of microorganisms in water treatment technologies
2. Water microorganisms (prokaryotic)
3. Water microorganisms (eukaryotic)
4. Significant groups of microorganisms and their ecological functions in waters
5. Microorganisms in water reservoirs
6. Wastewater microorganisms – overview of basic groups
7. Activated sludge microorganisms and their role in the evaluation of activated sludge
8. Microbiological indicators of drinking water
9. Pathogenicity of microorganisms and alimentary infections from water
10. Toxicity of microorganisms and its influence on water quality
11. Indicator microorganisms in waters, methods of identification
12. Phenotypic properties of microorganisms, their evaluation, identification based on phenotyping
13. Genotypic properties of microorganisms, their evaluation, identification based on genotyping
14. Significant databases of microorganisms, basic knowledge of databases, collections of microorganisms and their importance, type and reference strains
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction