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BB509: Microbiology (5 ECTS)

STADS: 04017501

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the spring semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: atreusch@biology.sdu.dk

Timetable
Group Type Day Time Classroom Weeks Comment
Common I Monday 12-14 U47 13-15
Common I Monday 08-10 U20 17
Common I Thursday 10-12 U47 13,17
Common I Thursday 12-14 U20 14
Common I Thursday 08-10 U150 16
Common I Thursday 12-16 *Odense Lokalitet aftales 12 17 ekskursion
H1 TE Tuesday 14-16 U23A 13-14
H1 TE Tuesday 08-10 U23A 16-19
H1 TE Tuesday 12-16 Red Lab 18-19
H1 TE Thursday 12-16 Red Lab 18-19
H2 TE Monday 12-14 U155 18
H2 TE Tuesday 12-16 Red Lab 18-19
H2 TE Wednesday 08-10 U31 13-14,16-17,19
H2 TE Thursday 12-16 Red Lab 18-19
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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
It is required that the content of the course FF503 is known.

Course introduction
The aim of the course is to enable the student to understand microbial systematic, cell structure, physiology and evolution, which is important in regard to understand the importance and impact microbes have on Earth.

The course builds on the knowledge acquired in the course FF503, and gives an academic basis for studying the topics environmental microbiology, ecology, biogeochemistry, that are part of the degree.

In relation to the competence profile of the degree it is the explicit focus of the course to:
  • Give competence to engage in collaborations and structure their own learning
  • Give skills to conduct experimental investigations, critically reflection and formulation of biological, evaluate and solve biological problems.
  • Give knowledge and reflective understanding of biology scientific theory, the experimental methods and safety of these, about current research topics and on their use in the discussion of biological problems.
 


Expected learning outcome
The learning objective of the course is that the student demonstrates the ability to:
  • Discuss current theories about the origin of life, microbial evolution and systematics
  • Describe the structure of a prokaryotic cell and list the structural and functional differences between Bacteria and Archaea
  • Apply and explain standard methods for enumeration, isolation, identification and cultivation of prokaryotes and report the results in a scientifically acceptable form
  • Make simple calculations of microbial growth kinetics in batch and continuous culture and describe how microbial growth can be controlled
  • Describe the different modes of energy metabolisms used by microbes
  • Describe beneficial and harmful interactions between microbes and eukaryotes (e.g. humans)
  • Discuss the role of microbes in natural ecosystems with emphasis on biodegradation of organic material and biogeochemical cycles
 


Subject overview
The following main topics are contained in the course:
  • History of microbiology
  • Microbial diversity and evolution
  • Structure of the bacterial cell
  • Bacterial metabolism
  • Bacterial genetics and genomics
  • Microbial growth kinetics in batch and continuous culture
  • Physical and chemical limits to microbial growth
  • Interactions between microbes and humans, including infectious disease
  • The role of microbes in biogeochemical cycles
  • Laboratory methods for the investigation of microbes
 


Literature
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Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
  1. 3-hour written examination without aids permitted (only 10 paged of own notes). Grading on the Danish 7-point grading scale with external examiner.(5 ECTS). (04017502).
  2. Approval of laboratory report, pass/fail examination by teacher. (0 ECTS). (04017512).
Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 16 hours
Skills training phase: 30 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 10 hours
 - Laboratory exercises: 16 hours
 - Excursion: 4 hours

Educational activities
  • recapture topics from the lectures, seminars
  • write reports
  • compile a Wiki
 
Educational form
The introduction to the topics will be performed with lectures that are encouraging active student participation. Intention of the seminars is to link theory and the practicals by preparing the students for the laboratory exercises as well as analyze results from them. The compilation of a Wiki will be used to reduce learning by heart for a conceptual understanding of the topics and will be part of the things they are allowed to use during the exam. Commencement of the laboratory exercises will be with an excursion where samples will be collected that later will be continued working with in the practicals. This will demonstrate how microbiological processes can be applied and help showing the relevance of the methods and topics taught. In order to provide the students with an overview, reports will be written that include both the theory and the results and analyses of the laboratory exercises.

Language
This course is taught in English.

Course enrollment
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