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Learning Outcome: Students are able to formulate scientific questions and hypotheses and to plan and conduct experiments in the laboratory based on classic microbiological experiments. They get an insight into the historically important developments in microbiology and into basic aspects of the philosophy of science and gender research.

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Learning Outcome: Students can plan, carry out and interpret complex experiments on bacterial enzymology, the kinetics of growth, the production of secondary metabolites and nitrogen fixation.

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Learning Outcome: Students know important, specific and molecular characteristics of bacteria as basis for identifying, classifying, fighting and using them in science and research.

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Learning Outcome: Students know the theoretical and practical fundamentals of microbial adaptation strategies in extreme habitats. Students can plan, carry out and interpret related experiments.

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Learning Outcome: Students understand the specific features of anaerobe metabolic processes, are able to cultivate anaerobe microorganisms (bacteria and archaea) and can plan and conduct related experiments and interpret the results.

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Learning Outcome: Students are familiar with the theoretic fundamentals of molecular microbiology and microbial genetic engineering and can apply their knowledge for genetically modifying and characterizing prokaryotes and low-level eukaryotes. Students are able to independently apply working methods of molecular biology, make protocols and interpret and discuss their results.

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Learning Outcome: Students are familiar with the fundamentals of molecular phylogeny and can apply them in practice. They have an understanding of molecular mechanisms in signal transduction and of biopolymer degradation by fungi and have knowledge of the current state of research.

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Learning Outcome: Students are able to recognize the most important pathogens of mycoses. They are familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of classic diagnostic methods (cultivation techniques, morphology, histology) and molecular diagnostics.

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Learning Outcome: Students are able to recognize fungi in a selected habitat. They can classify the most common and important types of fungi there and identify their species and class. They are able to recognize important morphological features and are familiar with basic microscopic techniques for identifying fungi. They are also familiar with the ecological function of selected groups of fungi and can apply this knowledge - based on typical features - to other groups of fungi.

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Learning Outcome: Students understand the function and importance of mutualistic interactions of organisms with the example of mycorrhiza. They are able to plan, conduct and interpret the results experiments in the outdoors, take samples, quantify mycorrhiza systems and to identify the symbiotic partners by using classic and molecular methods.

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Learning Outcome: Students can independently examine current issues in soil microbiology by applying pedological, chemical, micro- and molecular-biological methods and to interpret the gained results in a statistically sound way. Students understand the varied functions of microorganisms in soil and understand their importance for the global cycle of materials. They understand soil as precious resource for all terrestrial ecosystems that is worth protecting.

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Learning Outcome: Students are familiar with theoretical and practical fundamentals of the impact of pollutants on microorganisms and understand the biotechnological importance of these environmental-microbiological processes. They are able to plan, conduct and analyze experiments and to interpret the results.

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Learning Outcome: Students are able to investigate microbiota of different habitats and microbial activities during biological degradation of natural materials with DNA and RNA-based methods. They are able to plan and conduct experiments and interpret the results with respect to classic microbiological methodology.

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Learning Outcome: Students are familiar with the fundamentals and techniques applied in molecular fungal biotechnology and have knowledge of the relevant cell biologic processes and methods required for strain optimization. They are familiar with basic molecular working techniques and are able to interpret, document, present and discuss experiments in molecular biology.

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Learning Outcome: Students know about the importance of recycling of biowaste. They are familiar with the legal framework and the ecological requirements. They also have an in-depth, application-orientated knowledge of one of the methods of biomethanization.

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Learning Outcome: Students are able to work out the theoretical and practical fundamentals of geomicrobiology and to discuss and present their ecological and biotechnical importance. They are familiar with cultivation-technical and analytic methods for conducting geomicrobiological experiments and are able to present and interpret the results.

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Learning Outcome: Students recognize and understand special aspects of immunobiology, toxicology and virology.

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Learning Outcome: In this module, which is offered now and again, students get in-depth insights into sub-disciplines of microbiology or related sciences that are not covered by electives modules 1-27.

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Learning Outcome: In this module, which is offered now and again, students get in-depth insights into sub-disciplines of microbiology or related sciences that are not covered by electives modules 1-28.

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: Students have knowledge in special topics of microbiology and related sciences.

Prerequisites for registration: the prerequisites of the respective curricula do apply

Learning Outcome: The objectives defined by the respective module give the students insights into another field of biology.