COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BYT 5019 MICROBIAL ECOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR RAZIYE ÖZTÜRK ÜREK

Offered to

INDUSTRIAL DOCTORATE DEGREE ADVANCED BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES
BIOTECHNOLOGY

Course Objective

This course aims to understand an importance and necessity of microbial diversity in ecologic system by investigating relationships of different microorganisms and interactions with plants, animals and their environment of these microorganisms.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   students contact between microbial ecology and biodiversity and explain the interaction of populations,
2   students discuss about the quantitative ecology as having an opinion regarding the microbial organisms communities and ecosystems
3   students express physiological ecologies of microorganisms and microorganisms in natural habitats
4   students make interpretation and discuss about the biogeochemical cycles and microbial ecology on the biotechnological location
5   students give examples of microbial interactions and explain their importance

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Microbial Ecology and Biodiversity
2 Interactions of Populations-I
3 Interactions of Populations-II
4 Microbial Organism Communities and Ecosystems
5 Quantitative Ecology: The Number, Biomass and Activities
6 Physiological Ecology of Microorganisms
7 Adaptations of Environmental Conditions
8 Midterm exam
9 Microorganisms from natural habitats: Air, Water and Soil Microbiology
10 Biogeochemical Cycles-I
11 Biogeochemical Cycles-II
12 The Biotechnological Importance of Microbial Ecology
13 Examples of Microbial Interaction and Its Importance-I
14 Homework and Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Ronald M. Atlas, Richard Bartha, Microbial Ecology: Fundamentals and Applications. Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc., 1998, ISBN: 0-8053-0655-2.
Supplementary Book(s): Bernhard Schink, Advances in Microbial Ecology. Volume 16, 2000, Plenum Press, ISSN: 0147-4863.
References:
Materials:

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation
2. Question-answer technique
3. Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + RST * 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Meaningful learning of the basic concepts given in presentations, association of concepts with each other, establishing the cause-result relationships and making comments by using the information available for problems and evaluating idea generation are carried out with mid-term and final exams, homework and presentations.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Raziye ÖZTÜRK ÜREK
Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Science, Chemistry Department.
E-mail: raziye.urek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 15.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for Final Exam 1 40 40
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 35 35
Preparing Homework and Presentations 1 32 32
Final 1 2 2
Mid-term 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 189

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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