- Docente: Bruno Biavati
- Credits: 4
- SSD: AGR/16
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Land and agro-forestry Sciences (cod. 0870)
Learning outcomes
Knowledge on animals microbial ecology, the environmental sources of fecal bacteria, classical and molecular methods to measure fecal bacteria, modulation of intestinal microbiota troughout probiotic and prebiotic.
Course contents
Classical and molecular methods to measure fecal bacteria, digestive apparatus, symbiotic associations, the gut microbiota, interaction between microbes and the host, the immune system. Probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics. The fecal pollution of water. Methane from faeces anaerobic digestion.
Readings/Bibliography
B. Biavati, C.Sorlini Microbiologia Agroambientale, publishing house Ambrosiana ISBN 978-88-408-1383-7.
Teaching methods
Discussion on the different subjects of the course, laboratory activity, visit to enterprise,discussion on the applications connected to the knowledge on animals microbial ecology.
Assessment methods
Oral examination
Teaching tools
Video projector, PC,overhead projector, laboratory,video tape.
Office hours
See the website of Bruno Biavati