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Lecturer(s)
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Pusztai Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Kneysová Jana, Mgr.
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Course content
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Lectures: 1. Definition, characteristics and system of protists. 2. Protists similar to plants I - algae with primary plastids (Archaeplastida). 3. Plant-like protists II - algae with secondary green and red plastids. 4. Plant-like protists III - brown algae. 5. Protozoa I - true amoebae (Amoebozoa). 6. Protozoa II - protozoa forming amoeboid stages. 7. Protozoa III - flagellates. 8. Protozoa V - spores (coccidia, cryptosporidia). 9. Protozoa VI - spores (bloodworms, hookworms). 10. Protozoa VII - funnels, opalescents. 11. Protozoa VIII - groups related to multicellular lineages. 12. Fungus-like protists. 13. Evolution and ecology of protists. 14. Protists as bioindicators. Laboratory exercises are related to lecture topics.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Practicum
- Class attendance
- 38 hours per semester
- Preparation for laboratory testing; outcome analysis
- 10 hours per semester
- Preparation for exam
- 24 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 14 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the diversity of protist organisms (size, ultrastructure, nutrition, reproduction), including their position in the modern system and the correct determination of common taxa. The student will be able to understand the modern concept of eukaryotic unicellular organisms in terms of phylogeny, species variation, and their importance in the ecosystem. The student will become familiar not only with the traditional protists formerly classified as Protozoa, but also with unicellular algae and fungal organisms. Representatives of free-living protists and medically important parasitic protozoa will be discussed.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam
Credit will be awarded on the basis of active participation in the exercises, preparation of protocols and successful completion of the credit test. The oral examination is aimed at understanding and orientation in the subject as a whole.
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Recommended literature
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HAUSMANN, K. a HÜLSMANN, N. Protozoologie. Praha: Academia, 2003. ISBN 80-200-0978-7.
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KALINA, T. a VÁŇA, J. Sinice, řasy, houby, mechorosty a podobné organismy v současné biologii. Praha: Karolinum, 2005. ISBN 978-80-246-1036-8.
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VOLF, P. a HORÁK, P. Paraziti a jejich biologie. Praha: Triton, 2007. ISBN 978-80-738-7008-9.
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