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Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Microbiology in Water Technology

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0112/01
Abbreviation MBTV
Course title Microbiology in Water Technology
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Mgr. Hana Vojtková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Importance of microorganisms in water treatment technologies
2. Water microorganisms (prokaryotic)
3. Water microorganisms (eukaryotic)
4. Significant groups of microorganisms and their ecological functions in waters
5. Microorganisms in water reservoirs
6. Wastewater microorganisms – overview of basic groups
7. Activated sludge microorganisms and their role in the evaluation of activated sludge
8. Microbiological indicators of drinking water
9. Pathogenicity of microorganisms and alimentary infections from water
10. Toxicity of microorganisms and its influence on water quality
11. Indicator microorganisms in waters, methods of identification
12. Phenotypic properties of microorganisms, their evaluation, identification based on phenotyping
13. Genotypic properties of microorganisms, their evaluation, identification based on genotyping
14. Significant databases of microorganisms, basic knowledge of databases, collections of microorganisms and their importance, type and reference strains

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