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Lecturer(s)
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Bárta Jiří, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
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Daebeler Anne, MSc. Ph.D.
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Angel Roey, MSc. Dr. rer. nat.
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Course content
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Content of lectures: Block 1 Environmental Microbiology Lectures: 1. Where do microbes live? Introduction to environmental, biotechnological and medical microbiome 2. Microbial biogeochemistry What element do microbes use as electron donor or acceptors and how does that influence Earth's ecosystems 3. How do we study microbes in the environments State of the art methods in environmental microbiology 4. Microbe-host interactions Microbial association with various higher organisms. The concepts of microbiome, holobiont and symbiosis Block 2 Industrial Microbiology Lectures: 1. Waste water treatment Aerobic, anaerobic and industrial wastewater treatment processes from a microbial perspective 2. Biodegradation and biotechnological applications From microbial fermentation to genetic engeneering in biotechnology; How can microbes help us get rid of pollutents Block 3 Medical microbiology Lectures: 1. Pathogens and how they operate The infection and pathogenicity of key disease agents 2. The human microbiome The structure and function of the unharmful majority 3. The past, present and future of antimicrobial compounds Why are antimicrobial compounds so effective and why might we be nearing the end of the age of antibiotics Content of tutorials/seminar: Practical examples corresponding to selected topics from the lectures.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Preparation for classes
- 10 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 38 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 5 hours per semester
- Preparation for exam
- 10 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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- Teach advance topics in microbiology that are not covered by the basic course KBE / 760 - Expose the students to state-of-the-art methods in molecular microbiology - Expose the students to the central concept of microbiome that emerged from high-throughput sequencing technologies and in turn how this concept changed modern microbiology - Expose the students to the role of microorganisms in natural ecosystems, in biotechnology and in modern medicine - Describe the students advanced methods for cultivation and characterisation of microorganisms from the environment.
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Prerequisites
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Mandatory prerequisites: Biology of Microorganisms KBE / 760 Biochemistry I UCH / 757 Biochemistry II UCH / 643
KBE/760 and UCH/757
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
1. Mandatory attendance at all the practicals (lab course) 2. Write a lab report for the practicals 3. Take the oral exam
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Recommended literature
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Madigan, Michael T.; Bender, Kelly S.,; Buckley, Daniel H.; Sattley, W. Matthew,; Stahl, David Allan,; Brock, Thomas D. Brock biology of microorganisms. Sixteenth edition. Harlow : Pearson, 2022. ISBN 978-1-292-40479-0.
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