English

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The home faculty only

By passing the course, students will gain fundamental as well as specialized knowledge on microorganisms and their properties, characteristics and strategies, which play crucial role in industrial microbial biotechnologies.

knowledge of biology, microbiology, organic and physical chemistry, biochemistry, knowledge of fundamental properties of selected biomolecules

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The teaching is performed in form of oral lectures (2 hours per weak). E-learning system LMS Moodle is available to students as well as to pedagogues’.

Test, those passing the test (at least 70 % of points) will continue to oral exam.

1. Taxonomic classification of biotechnologically relevant microorganisms
2. Physiology, biochemistry and genetics of the most relevant prokaryotes
3. Characterization of the most industrially relevant eukaryotic microorganisms
4. Isolation and screening of promising microbial producers of valuable metabolites
5. Microorganisms involved in biodegradation processes
6. Photoautotrophic microorganisms used in biotechnology
7. Stress response and adaptation of microorganisms
8. Extremophiles and their use in microbial biotechnology
9. Microbial ecology in context of industrial biotechnology
10. System biology as a tool for understanding of industrially relevant microorganisms
11. Evolutionary engineering of industrially relevant microorganisms
12. Metabolic engineering as a tool of modern biotechnologies

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The aim of the subject is to familiarize students with physiology, morphology, genetics, metabolism, system and synthetic biology of the most important industrial microorganisms in context of modern industrial biotechnologies.

The presence on lectures is voluntary

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Šilhánková L.: Mikrobiologie pro potravináře a biotechnology. Academia Praha, Praha 2002.

Doyle M. P., Beuchat L. R., Montville T. J.: Food microbiology, fundamentals and frontiers. American Society of Microbiology Press, Washington 1993.
Prescott L. M., Harley J. P., Klein D. A.: c. McGraw-Hill Education, Boston 2005.