Bi8556 Environmental microbiology - practical exercises

Faculty of Science
Spring 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Miroslav Němec, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Ludmila Tvrzová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Miroslav Němec, CSc.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Miroslav Němec, CSc.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW( Bi8555 Environ. microbiol. )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 12 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/12, only registered: 0/12, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/12
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Environmental microbiology - practice is composed from basic laboratory projects from environmental microbiology. Some of them are long term with duration in the course of all semester.
Syllabus
  • Winogradski column. Biochemical oxygen demand. Chemical oxygen demand (CHOD). Microbial biomass in soil. Determination of ATP of microbial biomass. Liter bag method for determination of activity of microorganisms. Fluorescent method of determination of bacteria in soil. Maintenance and isolation of denitrificators. Maintenance and isolation of bacteria with desulfurication activity. Determination of esterification activity of soil microorganisms. Isolation of degradation microorganisms.
Literature
  • I. Pepper, Ch. Gerba: Environmental Mikrobiology. A Laboratory Manual. London, Academic Press, 2005
Assessment methods (in Czech)
výuka je ukončena zápočtem
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, spring 2012 - acreditation.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2006, recent)
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