Other Aspects of Microbiology

Daten

Offizielle Daten in der Fachveröffentlichung für das folgende akademische Jahr: 2025-2026

Thematik

Aim of the course is to introduce to the students the diverse and manifold significance of microorganism present on earth, with their highly sophisticated adaptation machinery, survival strategies under extreme environmental conditions.

Only a very few number of known bacteria can cause diseases in humans, most of them are harmless or even beneficial. We can use them to produce food, with their products (antibiotics, enzymes) we can treat various (not only infectious) diseases, their presence in or on the human body can prevent illnesses, they can be used for diagnostic and industrial purposes and also to control or remediate environmental pollution. Microorganisms are present almost everywhere on earth, without them also humans could not exist. The new concept and rapidly increasing significance of the microbiome and its relationship to human health problems will also be covered in the lectures. And finally, since some bacteria are capable of causing illnesses in humans, and a lot of them can be spread by food, food infections (intoxications) will also be discussed.

Vorlesungen

• 1. The biosphere, relevance of microorganisms for life on earth - Palkovics Tamás
• 2. The biosphere, relevance of microorganisms for life on earth - Palkovics Tamás
• 3. Bacteriophages  - Schneider György József
• 4. Bacteriophages  - Schneider György József
• 5. Practical use of bacteriophages and phage enzymes - Schneider György József
• 6. Practical use of bacteriophages and phage enzymes - Schneider György József
• 7. Antibacterial natural products - Schneider György József
• 8. Antibacterial natural products - Schneider György József
• 9. Bioremediation - Schneider György József
• 10. Bioremediation - Schneider György József
• 11. Electric activities of bacteria - Schneider György József
• 12. Electric activities of bacteria - Schneider György József
• 13. Biosensoric applications - Schneider György József
• 14. Biosensoric applications - Schneider György József
• 15. Metagenomics - Palkovics Tamás
• 16. Metagenomics - Palkovics Tamás
• 17. The human microbiome - Palkovics Tamás
• 18. The human microbiome - Palkovics Tamás
• 19. The human microbiome and chronic diseases - Palkovics Tamás
• 20. The human microbiome and chronic diseases - Palkovics Tamás
• 21. Microbes in the food industry - Palkovics Tamás
• 22. Microbes in the food industry - Palkovics Tamás
• 23. Food infections - Palkovics Tamás
• 24. Food infections caused by Gram negative bacteria - Palkovics Tamás

Praktika

Seminare

Materialien zum Aneignen des Lehrstoffes

Obligatorische Literatur

Vom Institut veröffentlichter Lehrstoff

Skript

Empfohlene Literatur

Ian L. Pepper, Charles P., Gerba Terry J. Gentry (eds.): Environmental Microbiology, 3rd edition, ISBN-13: 978-0123946263, ISBN-10: 0123946263

Voraussetzung zum Absolvieren des Semesters

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Semesteranforderungen

The grade will be given based on attendance and activity.

Möglichkeiten zur Nachholung der Fehlzeiten

There is no possibility to catch up on missed lessons.

Prüfungsfragen

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Prüfer

Praktika, Seminarleiter/innen