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MICROORGANISM ECOLOGY
cod. 16567

Academic year 2007/08
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Ecologia (BIO/07)
Field
Discipline ecologiche e microbiologiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
32 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
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Prerequisites

To have passed the examof Ecology

Course unit content

<br /> Part I : The Protists (2CFU)<br />Notes on biology of protists<br />Motility and orientation in the environment<br />Feeding<br />Bioenergetics<br />The niches of Protozoa<br />Symbiosis<br />Estimate of production and respiration rate<br />The main groups of protists<br /> <br />Part II: The microfauna and its role insewage treatment processes (2CFU)<br />General characteristics of the microfauna<br />Microscopical tecniques for observing livingorganisms<br />Staining techniques<br />Counting techniques<br />Identification and classification of themicrofauna<br />The Sludge Biotic Index SBI 

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Bibliography

[object Text] Suggested books:<br />Part I: <br />Madoni P. (ed.), 2005. Depurazionebiologica nei fanghi attivi. Enìa, Reggio Emilia and University of Parma.<br />Fenchel T., 1987. The ecology of protozoa.Springer, Berlin.<br />Ricci N., 1989. Lezioni di Protozoologia,Ed. Libreria Baroni, Pisa.<br />Sorokin Y., 1999. Aquatic microbialecology. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.<br />Part II: <br />Madoni P. (ed.), 2005. Depurazionebiologica nei fanghi attivi. Enìa, Reggio Emilia and University of Parma.

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