SUBJECT

Title

Certification practice of ecology

Type of instruction

seminar

Level

master

Part of degree program
Credits

3

Recommended in

Semester 2

Typically offered in

Spring semester

Course description

Purpose of thepractice: biological environment alanalysis, introduction of environment conditions analysis and ecological certification methods; demonstration of basicenvironmentalbiotechnologiesbyplantvisits, comparison of site remediation visits and their laboratory modells

  1. Monitoring of environment pollution indicators inpolluted surface water / soil / ground-watersystems. Indicatormicrobes, diversity and certification indexes. Ecologicaltests
  2. Detectionmethods of degradation/elimination of harmful materials by analysis of communalmetabolism
  3. Applying respirometric methods forestimation of material demolition speed: measurement of biological oxygen demand and metanogenesis. Fitoremediation
  4. Compilation of sewage modell systems, microbiological and technological characteristization. Visit in a Waste Water Treatmentplan tin Budapest
  5. Compliation of composting modell system, remediation microcosmostrials, monitoring of theirmicrobes. Visit in a compostingplantorremediationplant, analysis of technologies.
Readings
  • Practical Microbiology (Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Science, Eötvös Loránd University)
  • Brock Biology of Microorganisms-BenjaminCummings; 13 edition (December 27, 2010)ISBN-10: 032164963X-
  • Microbiology: A LaboratoryManual (10th Edition) - Benjamin Cummings; 10 edition (January 24, 2013) ISBN-10: 0321840224