PřF:Bi8390 Industrial microbiology - Course Information
Bi8390 Industrial microbiology
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2010
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Miroslav Němec, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Miroslav Němec, CSc.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Miroslav Němec, CSc. - 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
- Cellular and Molecular Diagnostics (programme PřF, B-BI)
- General Biology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Microbiology)
- General Biology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Microbiology)
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain importance of industrial microbiology, work with information on theoretical background of industrial microbiology, production of biomass and fermented products, to understand classical technology with use of microorganisms, modern biotechnology, effectivity of process with microorganisms in biotechnology.
- 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
- Sikyta B. : Methods in industrial microbiology. John Wiley and sons, 1983
- Glayey A.N., Nikaido H. : Microbial biotechnology/Fundamentals of applied microbiology. WHF, 1994
- Teaching methods
- Lectures
- Assessment methods
- Colloquium
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2010, recent)
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