| Note:
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The term "SWS"
(Semesterwochenstunde) stands for "lessons per week";
one lesson lasts 45 minutes. |
| Abbreviations: |
L (lecture),
S (seminar),
P (practical
course) |
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Curriculum
(Microbiology)
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Basic
Level (Grundstudium)
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Required
courses
are:
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Lecture Course: |
"General Microbiology" (5
SWS) |
| Practical Course: |
"Basic Practical Course in Microbiology
and Genetics" |
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Advanced Level (Hauptstudium)
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Microbiology as
major subject (Mikrobiologie als Hauptfach)
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Required
courses
are:
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Lecture Courses: |
All lecture courses of the series "Microbiology"
(I to IV) |
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Seminars: |
"Microbiology Main Seminar" (2 SWS)
"Microbiological Advanced Seminar" (2 SWS) |
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Practical Courses: |
"Microbiological Practical II"
(4 SWS)
"Advanced Microbiology Practical I"
"Advanced Microbiology Practical II" |
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Microbiology as
minor subject (Mikrobiologie als Nebenfach)
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Required
courses are:
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Lecture
Courses: |
Two lecture courses of the series "Microbiology"
(I to IV) |
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Practical Course: |
"Microbiological Practical II"
(4 SWS) |
Course Abstracts
(Microbiology)
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Basic
Level (Grundstudium)
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Lecture
Course |
General Microbiology
(Allgemeine Mikrobiologie): This
lecture course is preferably hold for students of the third semester. It
is offered each year during the winter semester and covers 5 hours/week
Recommended literature is "Allgemeine Mikrobiologie" by H. G.
Schlegel, Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart. |
Practical
Course |
Basic
Practical Course in Microbiology and Genetics (Mikrobiologisches und Genetisches
Grundpraktikum): In the genetical part of the course basic mechanisms of genetic
exchange in eucaryotes (sexual reproduction) and procaryotes (conjugation,
transduction, transformation) are demonstrated with S. cerevisiae
and E.coli as experimental organisms. |
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Advanced Level (Hauptstudium)
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Lecture
Courses |
Microbiology I (WS, Mikrobiologie I) Taxonomy, physiology and
development of procaryotes; numerical, molecular and genetical taxonomy;
representative groups of procaryotes. Micromorphology; macromolecular components
and principles of construction; electron microscopy of macromolecules and
their aggregates, plasma membrane, cell wall, nucleic acids, inclusions,
organization of higher cells.
Microbiology
II (SS, Mikrobiologie
II) Bacterial metabolism; heterotrophic aerobe metabolism;
transport systems; energy generation; chemotaxis; pH-homeostasis; Fe3+-uptake;
outer membrane; Na+-dependent processes, alternative ways of glucose metabolism;
anaplerotic reactions, metabolism of C1-, C2-compounds, carbohydrates; incomplete
oxidation. Assimilation and fixation of molecular nitrogen. Degradation
of xenobiotics; protein transport; exoenzymes.
Microbiology
III (WS,
Mikrobiologie III) Anaerobic respiration;
nitrate reduction; sulfate reduction; carbonate reduction. Fermentation:
generation of ethanol, lactate fermentation, Clostridia fermentation,
propionate fermentation. Chemolithotrophic bacteria: sulfur, ammonium, nitrite,
hydrogen, carbon monoxide, iron oxidizing bacteria; Calvin cycle and enzymes;
bacterial leaching. Phototrophic bacteria: mechanisms of bacterial photosynthesis;
Rhodospirillales, Chromatiales, Chlorobiales, Chloroflexus; Cyanobacteria,
overview and photosynthesis. Microbial degradation of natural substances:
polysaccharides, nucleic acids, proteins, aromatic molecules, amino acids,
nucleobases, lipids, aromates.
Microbiology
IV (SS,
Mikrobiologie IV) Growth physiology: growth and division of
cells, batch culture; steady state culture, sustenance metabolism. Technical
processes under the participation of microorganisms. Microbial genetics:
bacterial chromosome, plasmids, motile genetic elements (transposons, IS-elements),
structure and function of RNA, transcription, translation, genetic regulation
mechanisms, molecular biology of lambda phage, oxygen dependent
regulation systems.
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| Seminars |
Microbiology
Main Seminar (SS,
Mikrobiologisches Hauptseminar) Seminar in preparation to
the Advanced Microbiological Practical I. boxs: Physiology, biochemistry
and genetics of microorganisms; excercises in biochemical calculations.
Microbiological
Advanced Seminar
(WS, Mikrobiologisches Oberseminar): Diploma and
PhD-students present their own research work. With discussion.
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Practical
Courses |
Microbiological
Practical II (WS,
Mikrobiologisches Praktikum II) Exemplary assays on the physiology,
biochemistry and genetics of microorganisms (growth curves, yeast fermentation,
transformation of Bacillus subtilis, light and dark reactivation
after UV-treatment; conjugation of Escherichia coli, enzyme induction,
phage induction, diauxic growth, Ames-test, enzyme regulation by modification,
nitrate respiration of Paracoccus denitrificans.
Advanced
Microbiology Practical I (WS, Mikrobiologisches Praktikum für Fortgeschrittene
I) Enrichment and isolation of microorganisms, classification
of bacteria, defining growth parameters, microbiological analytics, isolation
of mutants, bacterial genetics, isolation of cell boxs, metabolic regulation.
Advanced
Microbiology Practical II (SS, Mikrobiologisches Praktikum für Fortgeschrittene II)
The practical is the sequel to the Advanced Microbiology Practical I. It
consists of block courses, of which four have to be participated in. As
stable parts of the practical or as choice block are offered:
Enzyme purification; Uses and techniques of radionucleotides in biology;
Molecular genetics and molecular biology; anaerobic techniques; electron
microscopy; Animal virology and medical virology.
Microbiology
Excursions (SS, Exkursion) An excursion of several days length goes to microbiological
research institutions, the pharmaceutical-chemical industry or to food
factories which use biotechnological production processes.
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