B7340 Cytology and morphology of bacteria

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2000
Extent and Intensity
0/3/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Ludmila Tvrzová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Ludmila Tvrzová, Ph.D.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Ludmila Tvrzová, Ph.D.
Prerequisites
obecná mikrobiologie
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
Course objectives
Morphological characteristic and staining of bacterial cells. Techniques of work with light microscope, care, removing of simple problems. Gram staining. Acid-fast bacteria, Ziehl-Neelsen staining, mycobacteria. Giemsa staining. Endospores and sporulation of bacteria. Phase contrast and Nomarsky contrast. Capsules, sheaths and slimes of bacterial cells. Determination of the size of bacterial cells and their morphological structures. Movement of bacterial cells. Technique of slide cultures. Streptomycetes and methods of their morphology observation. Yeasts - unicellular forms, pseudomycelium formation, sporulation, multiplication. Micromycetes. Measurment and comparing of proportions of selected groups of microorganisms. Staining of cell wall, nuclear material and reserved compounds in cells of bacteria and yeasts.
Literature
  • PERRY, Jerome J. and James T. STALEY. Microbiology :dynamics and diversity. Fort Worth: Saunders College Publishing, 1997, xxxi, 911. ISBN 0-03-053893-9. info
  • Laboratory experiments in microbiology. Edited by Ted R. Johnson - Christine L. Case. 4th ed. Redwood City: Benjamin Cummings, 1995, xi, 418 s. ISBN 0-8053-8509-6. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2001.
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