MicrobiologyLaajuus (6 ECTS)

Objective

After completion of the course the student understands that microbes are almost everywhere and what are the consequences of this fact. The student knows how microbes can be exploited and how their negative effects can be minimized. The student knows the structuresnd functions of different cells and understands how to exploit these in various applications. The student is familiar with the mathematics of both growth and destruction of microbes and how to apply these in practice. The student is familiar with some microbiological applications and is able to name microbes involved in these. The student knows the principles of microbiological laboratory practices.
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The student is able to select proper media and conditions for the cultivation of microbes. The student is able to calculate the growth and growth rates of microbes based on different premises. The student is able to plan sterilization procedures based on D- and z-values. The student knows how to read descriptions of microbial strains and how to find/order strains from culture collections. The student is able to work aseptically in microbiology lab, evaluate experimental results and document these. The student knows how to use the most common equipment in microbiology laboratories

Content

History of microbiology and its significance during the history, microbes as usefull and harmfull agents, products from industrial microbiology and examples of processes, taxonomy of organisms, cell types and their structural and functional components, taxonomy of microbes, growth in general, trofies, basics of taxonomical/identification methods, chemical composition of microbial cells and its relation to growth experiments, microbial growth and its prerequisites/monitoring, prevention of microbila growth, sterilization, principles of microbiological laboratory practices (asepticity, microscopy, dyeing techniques, isolation and maintenance of microbes, cultivation of microbes), antibiotics and their applications in laboratory, basics of metabolism for the idntification of microbes, basics of energy production in microbes, microbial communities, microbes in human body, structures and function of some viruses


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Naming of some usefull/harmfull microbial species, the principles of cell respiration, functions of membranes more deeply, naming and classification of some common microbial species, principles of fungal growth, taxonomical methods more comprehensively, classification of antibiotics and their chemical structures, microbial metabolism more deeply including energy and oxidation/reduction balances, differences in protein synthesis between different organisms and the significance of this, naming and importance of some specific viruses

Further information

Class room teaching: 70 h
Laboratory exercises: 49
Project: 5 h
Exam: 6 h
Student individual workload (student workload analysis carried out 1/08): 30h
Total: 160 h
Follow-up of the student workload analysis performed: -