Marine Microbial Physiology
| Numbering Code | G-AGR04 6DA15 LJ81 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture |
| Target Year | Target Student | ||
| Language | Japanese | Day/Period | Fri.2 |
| Instructor name | KAMIKAWA RYOUMA (Graduate School of Agriculture Associate Professor) | ||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | Microorganisms are ubiquitously and abundantly present in all aquatic ecosystems represented by freshwaters and marine waters from coastal to oceanic waters as well as surface to deep sea waters. Some of them favors even extreme aquatic habitats. In addition to prokaryotes, microbial eukaryotes also contribute to such ecosystems either as primary producers or as phagotrophs. Accordingly, diversity of metabolisms in microbial eukaryotes has significant impact on the aquatic biogeochemical cycles. The purpose of this course is to understand not only diversity, ecology, and physiology of aquatic microorganisms but also their roles in the aquatic biogeochemical cycles. Students will foster their own ability to integrate recent findings on relevant scientific fields into a summary with presentation files. | ||
| Course Goals | Students will further enhance their ability to read and understand a wide range of original research papers and review articles written in English on marine microorganisms or other developing or highly specialized fields related to microbiology, and to explain the contents in an easy-to-follow manner and discuss them with others. | ||
| Schedule and Contents |
Each of the following nine themes is comprised of one or two weeks, resulting in 14 weeks as a whole. One additional week will be prepared for student feedback. The former half of this course is for lectures, while the latter half is for presentation and discussion on recent findings on microbiology and related scientific fields, with presentation files or posters. For discussion, students will not only evaluate each presentation multidirectionally but also propose future perspectives in term of research plans. 1. Significance of research, research plans, experiments, and double-checks and reproducibility ２．Strategies for presentation: preparation of talks and posters ３．Drafting a paper from scratch, submission, and review ４．Evaluation of previously published papers, presentations, and posters ５．Diversity of aquatice environments ６．Diversity and features of marine microalgae ７．Diversity of marine anaerobic eukaryotes ８．Evolution of organisms unveiled by molecular phylogeny ９．Presentation and discussion on recent findings on microbiology and related scientific fields, with presentation files or posters |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Grading will be based on an overall assessment of criteria such as attendance, the quality of presentation, and participation in class discussion. Refer to 'Guide to Degree Programs' of the current version for attainment levels of evaluation. | ||
| Course Requirements | Followings are required: background knowledge on microbiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, and molecular phylogeny. | ||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Students are expected to go through in detail the outlines distributed before each seminar and, if necessary, other related publications for microbiology, in order to gain a full understanding of the content. In addition, it is important that students review the course materials to gain new experimental techniques and perspectives. | ||
