The subject is focused on clarification of the position of aquatic microorganisms with regard to water supply, surface water and wastewater treatment plants in the system of living nature.
Students will acquire information about morphology and physiology of basic groups of microorganisms in waters, about their ecological function and also about the influence of microbial populations on water quality.
Part of the lectures is devoted to the practical use of microorganisms in water treatment technologies and their role as indicators of water quality in accordance with current legislation.
Literature
BITTON, Gabriel. Wastewater Microbiology. John Wiley & Sons, 2011. ISBN 978-0-470-63033-4
Advised literature
GLAZER, Alexander N. a Hiroshi NIKAIDO. Microbial biotechnology : fundamentals of applied mikrobiology. 2nd ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. xvii, 554 s. ISBN 978-0-521-84210-5 MIMS, Cedric A. (ed.) Medical microbiology. 3rd ed. Edinburgh: Elsevier, 2004. ix, 660 s. ISBN 0-323-03575-2 MOAT, Albert G., John W. FOSTER a Michael P. SPECTOR. Microbial Physiology. New York: Wiley-Liss, 2002. 714 s. ISBN 978-0-471-39483-9