Microorganisms Ecology - Practical student course

Matthias Labrenz led a practical student course in the University of Klaipeda. The course took place from 05.03.2018 until the 16.03.2018 with10 participants.

Topics taught were

• core concepts and evolution of microorganisms, molecules and origins of life
• characteristics of communities and diversity
• study of individual microorganisms, bacterial isolation comprising classical identification methods and molecular identification methods
• cloning, PCR, 16S rRNA gene fingerprints, phylogeny
• growth and feeding, cultivation
• fundamentals of microbial population ecology
• microbes and processing nutrients
• microbes and processes

The programme included field work, laboratory work, lectures, student presentations and interactive group work.