PřF:Bi8390 Industrial microbiology

Bi8390 Industrial microbiology

Faculty of Science
Spring 2006

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Miroslav Němec, CSc. (lecturer)

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Timetable

Tue 16:00–17:50 Bpt,01013

Prerequisites

Examination - microbiology, bichemistry, molecular biology

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Course objectives

Importance of industrial microbiology. Theoretical background of industrial microbiology. Production of biomass and fermented products.

Syllabus

Importance of industrial microbiology. Theoretical background of industrial microbiology. Engineering cosideration. Steruilization of media and air. Aeration and mixing. Substrates for microbial processes. Kinetics of microbial prosćesses. Genetics of industrial microbes. Production of biomass. Milk fermented products. Other fermented products (ethanol, beer, vine, lactic acid etc.). Products of primary metabolism (aminoacids, vitamins., etc). Products of secondary metabolism (penicillins, cephalosporins, peptide antibiotics etc.). Microbial transformation and conversion (sterols, polysaccharides, fatty acids, fat, oils etc.).

Literature

Kruphanzl V., Řeháček Z. : Mikrobiální technologie. Academia Praha, 1988
Glayey A.N., Nikaido H. : Microbial biotechnology/Fundamentals of applied microbiology. WHF, 1994
Sikyta B. : Methods in industrial microbiology. John Wiley and sons, 1983

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Přednáška, ústní zkouška.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.