Valid for: 2024/25
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering LTH
Decided by: PLED B/K
Date of Decision: 2024-04-17
Effective: 2024-05-08
Main field: Biotechnology
Depth of study relative to the degree requirements: Second cycle, in-depth level of the course cannot be classified
Elective mandatory for: MLIV1
Elective for: B4-lm
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English
The aim of the course is to describe the gut bacterial flora and how bacteria, associated to man, interact with the host, how administration of specific probiotic bacteria could prevent and counteract disease and how probiotic food could be designed.
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must
The following sections are dealt with in the course: Fundamental biological troubleshooting; bacterial systematics and methods to classify and identify bacteria; the importance of gut health; the composition and ecology of the bacterial flora of the gastro-intestinal tract; effects of probiotics in health and disease; immunological and genomical aspects of probiotics; probiotic mechanisms of action; probiotic interaction with dietary fibres and antioxidants; design of probiotic foods and supplements; claims and regulations; food hygienic considerations and safety of probiotics.
Grading scale: TH - (U, 3, 4, 5) - (Fail, Three, Four, Five)
Assessment: Group discussions, individual written exam. Oral and written practical reports. Final grade based on written exam.
The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.
Modules
Code: 0107. Name: Probiotics.
Credits: 7.5. Grading scale: TH - (U, 3, 4, 5).
Assumed prior knowledge:
KMBA01/KMB060 Microbiology.
The number of participants is limited to: No
Kursen överlappar följande kurser:
KLG070
Course coordinator: Åsa Håkansson,
asa.hakansson@food.lth.se
Course homepage: https://www.ple.lth.se/en/