Bi9540 Biotechnology and practical use of algae and fungi

Faculty of Science
spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Hrouda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lukáš Chrást (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Hrouda, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Petr Hrouda, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Bi1090 Phylog. & diver. algae & fungi || Bi1010 Plant phylog. & divers. ||SOUHLAS
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
The lecture presents a comprehensive overview concerning practical use of fungi, algae and cyanobacteria as natural sources in biotechnology. Practically useful knowledge is emphasized in this course; general analysis of particular issues will be followed by presentation of methodological procedures, based on examples of specific agents in individual lessons.
Learning outcomes
During this course the students get knowledge about useful and harmful species or groups of cyanobacteria, algae and fungi.
At the end they should be able to explain the application of traditional procedures as well as modern biotechnologies using these organisms in practice.
Syllabus
  • (1) Introduction to biotechnology
  • (2) Cultivation of cyanobacteria, algae and fungi
  • (3) Metabolism of cyanobacteria, algae and fungi
  • (4) Toxic metabolites of fungi, poisonous toadstools and toxins of microscopic fungi, possibilities of risk elimination
  • (5) Cyanobacteria and algae as nutritional supplements, algae in traditional medicine
  • (6) Biofuel production using cyanobacteria and algae
  • (7) Gene and metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria and algae
  • (8) Yeasts and filamentous fungi in classic biotechnology
  • (9) Yeasts as expression system in molecular biotechnology
  • (10) Fungi in traditional medicine, antibiotics
  • (11) Exploitation of fungi for natural substances production, fungi as industrial chassis
  • (12) Fungi as biocontrol agents in agriculture, phytopathogenic fungi and their elimination
  • (13) Fungi as nutrition sources, cultivation of edible mushrooms
Literature
  • AINSWORTH, G. C. and Guy Richard BISBY. Ainsworth & Bisby's dictionary of the fungi / by P.M. Kirk ... [et al.] ; with the assistance of T.V. Andrianova ... [et al.]. Edited by P. M. Kirk - Tat'jana Vladimirovna Andrianova. 10th ed. Wallingford: CABI, 2008, xi, 771. ISBN 9780851998268. info
  • LEE, Robert Edward. Phycology. 4th ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008, x, 547. ISBN 9780521682770. info
  • Handbook of microalgal culture : biotechnology and applied phycology. Edited by Amos Richmond. 1st pub. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 2004, xviii, 566. ISBN 9780632059539. info
  • DEACON, J. W. Modern mycology. 3rd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1997, vi, 303. ISBN 0632030771. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: jaro sudých let (2016, ...).
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2011, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2020, Spring 2022.
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