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The Chair Environmental Microbiology (Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Szewzyk) offers the following courses for the degree course "Environmental Technology" (teaching language is German). Only the modul "Microbial Ecology" is in english.
Principles of Environmental Technology
| L702 | General Biology | |||
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| IV | 2 SWS | 2 LP | SS | |
| Basic principles of biology, cell structure, introduction in modern genetics, basic metabolic pathways and introduction in hygiene and parasitology. Performance evaluation: written examination | ||||
| Required subject for bachelor degree course "Environmental Technology" (2nd semester) | ||||
| L723 | Exercises in Environmental Microbiology | |||
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| PR | 2 SWS | 4 LP | SS | |
| Basic methods of environmental microbiology such as microscopy, cultivation, quantification, isolation and characterisation of microorganisms. Performance evaluation: certification of credits | ||||
| L725 | Environmental Microbiology/Toxicology | |||
| IV | 2 SWS | 2 LP | SS | |
| Hygiene in drinking water, wastewater, soil and air; test systems for registration of toxicity and mutagenity. Performance evaluation: written examination (admission requirement: certification from course L 723) | ||||
| L734 | Systems Ecology | |||
| IV | 2 SWS | 2 LP | SS | |
| Ecology of selected systems. Terestrial biotops (soil, wood), limnic biotops (rivers, lakes) as well as marine and several extreme biotops. Performance evaluation: written examination (admission requirement: certification from course L 723) | ||||
| Required subject for bachelor degree course "Environmental Technology" (4th semester) | ||||
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Core Module Environmental Microbiology
| L724 | Environmental Microbiology | |||
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| IV | 2 SWS | 3 LP | WS | |
| Description of microbiological methods for enrichment and isolation of microorganisms from natural habitats and technical systems. Detection and quantification of specific physiological groups using different methods, discussion and critical reflection of limitations and error sources when using them in complex systems. Proficiency record: oral examination | ||||
| L729 | Basic Methods in Environmental Microbiology | |||
| PR | 3 SWS | 3 LP | SS | |
| Introduction in the use of microbiological methods for the detection and quantification of microorganisms in natural and technical systems (microscopy, growth on selective media, PCR, hybridisations, bioassays) Course achievement: Cooperation and protocols | ||||
| Requirement: Module "Principles of Environmental Technology III" | ||||
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| L704 | Eukaryotic Microbiology: Fungi and Protozoans | |||
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| IV | 3 SWS | 4 LP | each semester | |
| Part 1: Microscopy, morphological determination of fungi, degradation experiments, isolation of fungi, comparison of fungi communities, field trip. Part 2: Microscopic analysis and determination of protozoans, grazing experiments with pure cultures of ciliates, analysis of protozoans from different environmental units. Performance evaluation: cooperation and protocols | ||||
| L705 | Diversity of eukaryotic microorganisms | |||
| VL | 2 SWS | 2 LP | each semester | |
| Part 1: Introduction in mycology, systematics, ecology, lichens, interactions, degradation potential, pathogens and destroyer of materials, description using morphological and molecular biological methods for detection of fungi. Part 2: Overview of the diversity of protozoans (morphology, ecology). Special focus on the role of protozoans in practice (parasites, hosts for pathogens, role in environmental biotechnology). Performance evaluation: oral examination | ||||
| Requirement: Module "Environmental Microbiology" | ||||
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| L721 | Biology of Treatment Processes | |||
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| IV | 2 SWS | 3 LP | WS | |
| Presentation of biological and microbiological principles for the treatment of wastewater, discharged air and waste. For degree courses "Process Engineering", "Environmental Engineering" and "Biotechnology". | ||||
| L722 | Degradation of Toxic Substances | |||
| IV | 2 SWS | 3 LP | WS | |
| Introduction in biochemistry of degradation of toxic substances under aerobic and anaerobic conditions and in different treatment processes. | ||||
| Requirement: Module "Environmental Microbiology" | ||||
| Performance evaluation: oral examination | ||||
| L727 | Modern Methods in Microbial Ecology | |||
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| IV | 4 SWS | 4 LP | SS | |
| Acquisition and application of different methods for the detection of microorganisms (FISH, PCR) and especially detection of activity of organisms (chances and limits of cultivation, chromogenic and fluorogenic substrates, life / dead differentation). 2 week block course during semester break; preliminary talk at the beginning of the semester Performance evaluation: cooperation and protocol | ||||
| L737 | Microbial Ecology | |||
| VL | 2 SWS | 2 LP | SS | |
| Skills of microorganisms to survive and be metabolic active under different environmental conditions using the examples drinking water, soil, sea ice and deep sea. Potential of microorganisms to form complexe communities partly socially organised using the example of biofilms and microbial mats in different habitats. Role of microorganisms in local and global cycle processes. Performance evaluation: oral examination | ||||
| Requirement: Module "Environmental Microbiology"; Recommended: Module "Environmental Biotechnology" | ||||
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| L742 | Study Trip and Interpretation National Park "Unteres Odertal" | |||
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| IV | 3 SWS | 4 LP | SS | |
| Examination of different location in the national park by small groups of students focussed on limnological parameters and especially microbial indicators and important environmental organisms. The results are presented at the end of the trip by each group using PowerPoint presentations and subsequently prepared in protocols and posters. Several day study trip during semester break; preliminary talk at the beginning of the semester Performance evaluation: cooperation and poster More Information and photogallery | ||||
| L743 | National Park "Unteres Odertal" | |||
| SE | 2 SWS | 2 LP | SS | |
| To prepare the study trip, presentations about different topics are given in the seminar by the students (geological and histrorical development of the examination area, ecology of floodplains, biology of the most important members of plants and animals in and around floodplains. Performance evaluation: presentation | ||||
| Requirements: Module "Environmental Microbiology"; Recommended: VL L 737 "Microbial Ecology" | ||||
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Areas of Concentration
The following areas of concentration can be choosen combining two extension modules:
| Areas of Concentration | Extension Modules |
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| SP "Aquatic Microbiology": | EM "Aquatic Microbiology" + EM "Microbial Ecology" |
| SP "Environmental Biotechnology": | EM "Environmental Biotechnology" + EM "Microbial Diversity" |
| SP "Applied Environmental Microbiology": | EM "Environmental Biotechnology" + EM "Aquatic Microbiology" |