546-0413/04 – Microbiology (MB)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Mgr. Hana Vojtková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Mgr. Iva Melčáková, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Optional |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2010/2011 | Year of cancellation | 2013/2014 |
| 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 attributes of prions, viruses and bacteria, to understand phylogenetic relations of the different groups, to learn about and to term characteristic organisms of the individual taxons and to understand the significance of pathogenic as well as non-pathogenic species
- 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
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Summary
The course clarifies the role of microorganisms in the live natural system.
Students gain information on the morphology and physiology of acellular organisms and basic groups of microorganisms, their status in the nature as well as on the mutual relations of microbial populations, including an overview of basic pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganism strains.
Some lectures will be dedicated to practical applications of microorganisms in water technologies and their role as indicators of water quality in accordance with valid legislation.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
proof
E-learning
Other requirements
Active student participation in laboratory exercises - lack of exercise can be replaced. The necessary theoretical training on exercise (verification of knowledge at the beginning of each exercise). The protocols specified tasks and essay on the subject in the required quality.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Overview of Microbiology, A Brief History of Microbiology.
2. Viruses, Viroids, Prione.
3. Structure and Function of Procaryotic and Eucaryotic Cells.
4. Nutrition and Growth of Microorganisms.
5. The Diversity of Metabolism in Microorganisms.
6. Microbial Exchange of Genetic Material. Regulation of Gene Aktivity in Bakteria.
7. Procaryotes in the environment .
8.The Cells Transport Tasks.
9. Symbiosis, Mutualism, Parasitism.
10. Phylogenesis and Important Groups of Procaryotes.
11. Phylogenesis and Important Groups of Fungi
12. Water microbiology.
13. Cultivation of Microorganisms.
14. Indicators of microbial water quality.
15. Industrial mikrobiology - Water Treatment.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction