PřF:C6210 Biotechnology - Course Information

C6210 Biotechnology

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. Martin Mandl, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Ing. Martin Mandl, CSc.
Department of Biochemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Ing. Martin Mandl, CSc.

Timetable

Tue 16:00–17:50 A,01026

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of biochemistry and enzyme kinetics.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

The goals of the lecture are to understand biochemical and chemical principles of traditional and recent biotechnologies and fundamental processes in fermenters and other apparatuses which provide the biotechnological use of metabolic activity of organisms or enzymes. The content of the lecture includes biochemistry and physiology of organisms applied in biotechnology, selected biotechnological processes (from fermentation products to environment protection), bioprocess kinetics in batch and continuous systems, interpretation of kinetic models in biotechnology and microbial (cell) physiology, and application of immobilized cells and enzymes.

Syllabus

• Microbial and enzyme biotechnology, historical survey. Biochemistry, microbiology and engineering principles.
• Biochemical and chemical principles of classical and recent biotechnologies. Beer production.
• Wine pruduction.
• Organic acids, biogas, microbial biomass production as a protein supply, biohydrometallurgy, biotransformation.
• Environmental biotechnology. Bioremediation (heavy metals, hydrocarbons).
• Cultivation and production bioreactors, scale-up. Agitation in fermenters, the impact on metabolic activity of organisms.
• Sterilization, chemical and physical processes, design criterion for sterilization.
• Aeration in bioprocesses. The theory of oxygen transfer.
• Methods for determination of the mass-transfer oxygen coefficient. Aeration parameters in bioreactors in relation to oxygen demand by production cultures and enzymes, scale-up.
• Batch culture. Growth and production kinetics. Models of substrate utilization and product formation.
• Cell growth and death kinetics. Kinetic models in biotechnolgy and microbial (cell) physiology, the model selection.
• Continuos culture. Determination of kinetic and physiological parameters in a chemostat. The relationship with the batch culture.
• Immobilised cells and enzymes, principles and applications.
• Bioreactors based on immobilised cells and enzymes, kinetic pattern.

Literature

• STANBURY, Peter F., Allan WHITAKER and Stephen J. HALL. Principles of fermentation technology. 2nd ed. Oxford: Pergamon, 1995, xviii, 357. ISBN 0-08-036131-5. info
• DORAN, Pauline M. Bioprocess engineering principles. London: Academic Press, 1995, xiv, 439 s. ISBN 0-12-220856-0. info
• KRUMPHANZL, Vladimír and Zdeněk ŘEHÁČEK. Mikrobiální technologie : buňka a techniky jejího využití. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1988, 360 s. info
• ALEXANDER, Martin. Biodegradation and bioremediation. San Diego: Academic Press, 1994, 302 s. ISBN 0-12-049860-X. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Ústní zkouška za použití přednáškových nebo jiných materiálů. Důraz je kladen na pochopení principů.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• C6211 Biotechnology
  C3181 && !NOWANY(C6210)  

Teacher's information

http://orion.chemi.muni.cz/biochem/student.htm

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