PřF:Bi8420 Microbial ecology - Course Information
Bi8420 Microbial ecology
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- Ing. Ivan Tůma, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Monika Vítězová, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Monika Vítězová, Ph.D.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Ing. Jiřina Kučerová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science - Prerequisites
- Bi4090 General microbiology
Examination - microbiology, biochemistry, ecology of plants and animals. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Microbiology (programme PřF, N-MIK)
- Course objectives
- The aim of lectures is to familiarize students with ecology of microorganisms with emphasis on their importance in evolution of life and nutrient cycle. Specially attention is also targed to the study of interactions that microorganisms create between themselves and with their environment.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of this course students will be able to define basic categories in microbial ecology, to understand importance of microbes for trophic chains and nutrient cycling in nature, their contribution to geochemical transformations and relationship between microbes, plants and animals.
- Syllabus
- Introduction, history of microbial ecology. Microbial communities – composition, diversity, nutrition. Colonization, succession, climax. Structure of microbial communities, interactions within communities. Interactions between microbes and animals, and plants. Microbes in their natural habitats – atmo-ecosphere, hydro-ecosphere, litho-ecosphere. Quantitative ecology – sample collection and processing, detection of microbial populations, determination of microbial numbers and microbial biomass, methods of molecular microbial ecology. Biogeochemical cycles.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- Larry L. Barton, D.E.Northup: Microbial Ecology, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
- I.L.Pepper, C.P.Gerba, T.J.Gentry: Environmental Microbiology, Academic Press, 2015
- Teaching methods
- Lecture - powerpoint presentation.
- Assessment methods
- Oral examination. To pass successfully the examination student has to answer correctly at least half of given questions.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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