Bi5710 Microbiology

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Šárka Nevolová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Damborská (assistant)
Mgr. Eva Šebestová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Jiří Damborský, Dr.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Šárka Nevolová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Tue 7:00–8:50 B11/205
Prerequisites
Examination from organic chemistry and biochemistry.
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
Graduates of the course acquire basic terms and principles from general and applied microbiology, including virology. Graduates differentiate and compare prokaryotes versus eukaryotes. Further, they compare archaebacteria with bacteria. They name and explain the features and functions of structures found in bacteria. They differentiate among photosynthetic, chemoautotrophic and heterotrophic bacteria in terms how they obtain energy. They illustrate the importance of bacteria as pathogens and describe benefits of bacteria in industry and environment. Graduates name the most important eukaryotic microorganisms, recognize their structural and physiological differences and illustrate their practical applications.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to microbiology - recommended literature, assessment methods and criteria, history of microbiology. 2. Bacteria - cell structure and function, bacterial motility and endospores. 3. Microbial growth - growth curve, continuous cultivation of bacteria, influences of environmental factors on the growth. 4. Bacterial nutrition and metabolism - requirements for carbon, nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus, growth factors, uptake of nutrients, introduction to metabolism. 5. Bacterial catabolism - chemoorganotrophic processes - aerobic and anaerobic respiration,fermentation, catabolism of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins, chemolithotrophy and phototrophy. Anabolism - principles, CO2 fixation, synthesis of sugars and polysaccharides, lipids, amino acids, purines, pyrimidines and nucleotides. Regulation of metabolism. 6. Bacterial genetics - chromosome, plasmids, gene expression, replication, transcription, translation, mechanisms of genetic variation. 7. Bacterial diseases, microbiology of food, applied environmental microbiology. 8. Cyanobacteria - cell structure, metabolism, ecology, industrial applications. 9. Archaea - cell structure and function, extremely halophilic and extremely thermophilic archaea, methanogenic archaea. 10. Yeasts - cell structure, metabolism, reproduction,yeasts as pathogens, industrial applications. 11. Fungi - fungal structure and function, reproduction and life cycles, common members of this group. 12. Viruses and other acellular agents - structure, viral multiplication, types of viral infections, cultivation of viruses, prions.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • BEDNÁŘ, Marek. Lékařská mikrobiologie : bakteriologie, virologie, parazitologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Marvil, 1996, 558 s. info
  • KAPRÁLEK, František. Základy bakteriologie. Praha: Karolinum, 2000, 241 s. ISBN 8071848115. info
  • NĚMEC, Miroslav and Dana HORÁKOVÁ. Základy mikrobiologie pro učitelské studium. 2. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 1993, 233 s. ISBN 8021008172. info
  • ŠILHÁNKOVÁ, Ludmila. Mikrobiologie pro potravináře a biotechnology. Vyd. 3., opr. a dopl., v Aca. Praha: Academia, 2002, 363 s. ISBN 8020010246. info
  • VOTAVA, Miroslav. Lékařská mikrobiologie obecná. (General Medical Microbiology.). 1st ed. Brno: Neptun, 2001, 247 pp. ISBN 80-902896-2-2. info
  • VOTAVA, Miroslav. Lékařská mikrobiologie speciální (Medical microbiology special). 1st ed. Brno: NEPTUN, Březová 18, 637 00 Brno, 2003, 495 pp. ISBN 80-902896-6-5. info
  • WILLEY, Joanne M., Linda SHERWOOD and Christopher J. WOOLVERTON. Prescott's principles of microbiology. Edited by Lansing M. Prescott. 1st ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2009, xiv, 847. ISBN 9780071283670. info
Teaching methods
Lecture
Assessment methods
Final assessment is based on written examination. Two written tests will consist of 10 questions evaluated by 10 points. Final exam will be written multiple choice test consisting of 30 questions evaluated by 30 points. 25 points in total is needed to pass provided that student obtain at least 18 points from the final exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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