Bi6420c Microbial Ecotoxicology - practical course

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jakub Hofman, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Ivan Holoubek, CSc.
RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jakub Hofman, Ph.D.
Timetable
Tue 15:00–18:50 Kontaktujte učitele
Prerequisites
NOW( Bi6420 Microbial Ecotoxicology )
It is required to visit Ecotoxicology of microorganisms parallely
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
It is course comprised from laboratory exercises. At the end, students should be able to:
- measure and assess main soil microbial parameters - microbial biomass, its activities, N activities
- assess functional diversity of soil microbial community with BIOLOG
- explain and interpret measured results
- compare the results for different soils
- compute and interpret combined eco-physiological indices
Syllabus
  • During week laboratory course, students will measure range of microbial parameters for three different soils contaminated with cadmium. At the end they compare these results with un-contaminated soil and interpret the influece of cadmium.
  • During the exercises, students will measure:
  • - microbial biomass with fumigation - extraction method
  • - basal and substrate induced respiration using gas chromatograph
  • - anaerobic ammonification
  • - nitrification
  • - potential ammonification and nitrification
  • - dehydrogenase activity
  • - functional diversity with BIOLOG method
  • - respiration kinetics with OxiTop method
Literature
  • ATLAS, Ronald M. Handbook of media for environmental microbiology. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1995, iv, 540 s. ISBN 0-8493-0603-5. info
  • Methods in applied soil microbiology and biochemistry. Edited by Kassem Alef - Paolo Nannipieri. London: Academic Press, 1995, 576 s. ISBN 0125138407. info
Assessment methods
Credits granted only for students present in the course, activelly participating and those who provide final protocols
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2014, Spring 2015.
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