Bi6710 Taxonomy of pathogenic bacteria

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Pavel Švec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Ivo Sedláček, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Ivo Sedláček, CSc.
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 (in Czech)
C3580 Biochemistry && ( Bi4020 Molecular biology || NOW( Bi4020 Molecular biology )) && ( Bi4090 General microbiology || NOW( Bi4090 General microbiology )) && ! Bi6700 Taxonomy of prokaryotes
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
Students will be familiarised with the basic concepts and terms of the taxonomy of bacteria in the frame of this course. They will be able to understand contemporary classification, nomenclature and identification of bacteria (domain Bacteria) important in the human clinical microbiology.
Learning outcomes
On the basis of the acquired information the students will be able to interpret and understand data obtained during typing and identification of bacterial strains and allocate these strains in the frame of the current phylogenetic system.
Syllabus
  • The first part of the course deals with basic taxonomic concepts (classification, nomenclature and identification) and modern approaches to the characterisation of bacterial species and their phylogenetic delimitation. In further lectures, the current taxonomy of bacterial genera and species important in human clinical microbiology is discussed (representatives of the phyla Pseudomonadota, Bacillota, Actinomycetota, Bacteroidota, Spirochaetota, Mycoplasmatota, Fusobacteriota and Chlamydiota).
Literature
    recommended literature
  • SEDLÁČEK, Ivo. Taxonomie prokaryot. Illustrated by Petr Ondrovčík. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 270 s. ISBN 8021042079. info
  • Garrity, G.M., Brenner, D.J., Krieg, N.R., Staley, J.T. (eds.). 2005. Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Second edition. Volume Two. The Proteobacteria. Part A Introductory Essays. Springer, USA.
  • Garrity, G.M., Brenner, D.J., Krieg, N.R., Staley, J.T. (eds.). 2005. Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Second edition. Volume Two. The Proteobacteria. Part B The Gammaproteobacteria. Springer, USA.
  • Garrity, G.M., Brenner, D.J., Krieg, N.R., Staley, J.T. (eds.). 2005. Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Second edition. Volume Two. The Proteobacteria. Part C The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. Springer, USA.
  • De Vos, P., Garrity, G.M., Jones, D., Krieg, N.R., Ludwig, W., Rainey, F.A., Schleifer, K.H., Whitman, W.B. (eds.). 2009. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Second edition. Volume Three. The Firmicutes. Springer, USA.
  • Whitman, W., Goodfellow, M., Kampfer, P., Busse, H.-J., Trujillo, M. E., Ludwig, W., Suzuki,K.-i., Parte, A. (eds.). 2012. Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Second edition. Volume Five. The Actinobacteria. Part A. Springer, USA.
  • Whitman, W., Goodfellow, M., Kampfer, P., Busse, H.-J., Trujillo, M. E., Ludwig, W., Suzuki,K.-i., Parte, A. (eds.). 2012. Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Second edition. Volume Five. The Actinobacteria. Part B. Springer, USA.
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
The course will be finished by a test consisting of 30 questions; 20 correct answers will be needed to pass.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: jaro 2021 - přednášky budou realizovány online.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Limitujici je kapacita cvicebny
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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