Educational guide 2023_24 Facultade de Ciencias do Mar

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
BLOCK I. INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL CONCEPTS	I.1. Parasitology and Marine Parasitology. Concept of parasitism. Adaptations to the parasitism. Actions of the parasite on the host. Parasite specificity. Parasites and biological cycles. I.2.Ecological terms in Parasitology.
BLOCK II. PROTOZOA	II.1. Introduction to the study of the Protozoa parasites. Classification Protozoa. II.2. Dinoflagellates. Flagellates. Amoebae. Apicomplexa. Ciliates. II.3. Microsporidia. II.4. Myxosporidia. II.5. Protozoa of bivalve molluscs: Perkinsus, Haplosporidia, Marteilia.
BLOCK III. HELMINTHS AND ARTHROPODS	III.1. Plathelminths: Monogenea. Digenea. Cestoda. Turbellaria. III.2. Nemathelminths: Nematoda. Acanthocephala. III.3. Crustacea.
BLOCK IV. APPLICATIONS OF THE MARINE PARASITOLOGY	IV.1. The parasites as biological markers. IV.2. Applications of the parasites in the control of the fisheries: His employment in the differentiation of stocks. IV.3. Economic and hygienic importance of the marine parasites.
BLOCK V. MICROBIAL POLLUTION IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT	V.1. Types of pollutants biological that access to the marine aquatic environment. V.2. Causes and consequences of the biological pollution in coastal waters. V.3. Control and Monitoring of the biological pollution in coastal waters. V.4. Methods of quantification of Microorganisms indicators in waters and foods of marine origin.
BLOCK VI. INFECTIOUS ICTIOPATHOLOGY: PROCARIOTS and VIRUSES	VI.1. Host-pathogen environment interaction. VI.2. Pathogenicity and virulence factors. VI.3. Main pathogens in aquaculture and mariculture. VI.4. Microbiological diagnosis. VI.5. Prevention and treatment. Antibiotherapy. Alternative methods. Immunostimulation.
BLOCK VII. BIOTECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF THE MARINE MICROBIOTA	VII.1. Bioactive compounds of marine origin. VII.2. Molecular techniques applied to bioprospecting. VII.3. Bioremediation of marine pollutants. VII.4. Biofouling: Microbial process and antifouling treatments.