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Course details
Course code: NTSS20094o10
Semester: 2010/2011 winter
Name: Fermentation Precesses II
Major: Food Technology and Nutrition
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 9
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 60 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Joanna Kawa-Rygielska
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: At the end of the course student gets the knowledge about cheaper and more intensive methods of ethanol production, as well as nonconventional microorganisms suitable for these purposes; knows the bases of technology of wine and alcoholic beverages.

Competences: After completing the course student is able to organize and manage production in fermentation industry.

Prerequisites: Biochemistry, Microbiology, Fermentation Technology

Course content: Selected aspects of production and quality evaluation of special beers, liqueurs and strong beverages. Bases of wine technology. Nonconventional raw materials for ethanol production. Different than Saccharomyces cerevisiae microorganisms for ethanol production. Ethanol fermentation under reduced pressure. Immobilized cells in ethanol production.

Recommended literature: 1. Biotechnology, Reed G., Verlagchemie 1983; 2. Yeast Biotechnology, (eds) Berry D.R., Russel I., Stewart G.G., Allen & Unwin, London 1987; 3. Yeast Sugar Metabolism, Genetics, Biotechnology and Application, (eds) Zimmerman F.K., Entian K.D., Technomic Publishing Company Inc., 1997; 4. Nonconventional Yeasts in Biotechnology , ed. Wolf K. , Springer-Verlag, Berlin & Heidelberg 1996; 5. Fermented Beverage Production, (eds) Lea A.G.H., Piggott J.R., Plenum Publishers, New York 2003; 6. Journal of the Institute of Brewing, Przemysł Fermentacyjny i Owocowo-Warzywny, Agro-Przemysł, Rynki Alkoholowe, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., Appl. Environ. Microbiol., Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol., Enzyme Mikrob. Technol., Biotechnol. Bioeng., Crit. Reviews Biotechn., 7. Technologia winiarstwa owocowego i gronowego, Wzorek W., Pogorzelski E., Wyd. Sigma NOT Sp. z o.o.; 8. Technologia wódek, Cieślak J., Lasik H, WNT, W-wa 1979.

Assessment methods: Oral or written exam.

Comment: Lecturers: dr inż. Joanna Kawa-Rygielska; dr inż. Joanna Chmielewska; dr inż. Barbara Foszczyńska