Content (Syllabus outline)
Short history of microbiology, nomenclature and classification of microorganisms, presentation of microbial biodiversity,biotechnological value and potential of microorganisms, as well as microbila pathogenic interactions. Study of microorganisms using different microscopic, biochemical and molecular techniques. Prokaryotic cell: size, shape and organization, structures on the outer side of the cell wall, cell wall, specific intercellular structures., motility. Differences between the functional anatomy of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell.
Microbial growth: physicochemical growth requirements, media (chemically defined, complex, differential), methods of cultivation, genetically stable preservation of microorganisms, growth of microorganisms, population dynamics. Influence of physical and chemical parameters on the growth of microorganisms. Microbial ecology: role of microorganisms in nature, extremophiles, uncultivable microrganisms, basic ecological methods in microbiology, molecular-biological and biochemical methods for the detection of microorganisms in the environment. Classification of microorganisms: phylogenetic relations, taxonomical hierarchy, criteria for the classification and identification of microorganisms, presentation of the main groups of archaea, bacteria, fungi and viruses.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites for inclusion in the work:
enrolment in the appropriate academic year