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BMB818: Extremophile microbes: Microbiology and biotechnology (5 ECTS)

STADS: 01011901

Level
Master's level course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the spring semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: r.p.cox@bmb.sdu.dk

Timetable
Group Type Day Time Classroom Weeks Comment
Common I Monday 10-12 U17 17
Common I Monday 14-16 U17 18
Common I Wednesday 08-10 U105 07-08
Common I Wednesday 10-12 U105 12
Common I Friday 08-10 U105 07-08
Common I Friday 10-12 U105 12
H1 TE Wednesday 08-10 U49d 10-11,13,16,18-19
H1 TE Thursday 08-10 U103 17,19
H1 TE Friday 10-12 U105 10-11,13,16
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Comment:
Kurset undervises på engelsk

max 16 studerende

Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
Students are expected to have followed an introductory course in microbiology, for example BMB507 Fundamental microbiology, BB509 Microbiology or a similar course in microbiology from another university.

The course is also open to students at bachelor level.

Course introduction
The course covers the microbiology of Bacteria and Archaea that are adapted to extreme environments and their industrial applications.

Qualifications
Students will obtain experience in reading scientific articles in English and giving oral presentations to fellow students in the same language. They will also gain experience in isolation and characterization of a pure culture of a microbe from an extreme environment.

Expected learning outcome
After completing the course, students will be able to

  1. Describe the different types of extreme environments and explain how Bacteria and Archaea are able to survive and grow under these conditions.
  2. Give examples of the biotechnological application of extremophiles
  3. Perform the procedures involved in isolating a pure culture of a microbe from an extreme environment.
  4. Use 16S rRNA sequences to identify Bacteria or Archaea in accordance with current ideas about microbial phylogeny.
Subject overview
  1. Types of extreme environment and the extremophile concept
  2. Biology of the Archaea
  3. High temperatures – thermophiles
  4. Low temperatures - psychrophiles
  5. Extremes of pH – acidophiles and alkaliphiles
  6. Environments with high salt concentrations – halophiles
  7. Environments with limiting nutrients – oligotrophs
Literature
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Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
Acceptable presentation of two research articles and approved report describing the laboratory exercises. (01011912)

It will be possible to make a re-handing-in (will be published in Blackboard).

Assessment and marking:

  1. Written report. Internal examiner, graded after Danish 7 mark scale (5 ECTS). (01011902)
Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 16 hours
Skills training phase: 36 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 24 hours
 - Laboratory exercises: 12 hours

Educational activities Study phase: 72 hours

Language
This course is taught in English.

Remarks
Max 18 students

Course enrollment
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