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Course code: NBSS20168f11Semester: 2011/2012 winter
Name: Continuous cultures of microorganisms
Major: Biotechnology
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 1
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Waldemar Rymowicz
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: At the end of the course the student is able to differentiate various cultivation systems (batch and continuous), categorize immobilization techniques, characterize major carriers used in immobilization procedures, know biotechnological application those systems and biocatalysts. The principles of biocatalytic processes and enzyme technology and its industrial applications are also widely discussed.
Competences: The student has insight in the behaviour of micro-organisms in food products, the factors influencing this behaviour and the way food preservation makes use of this knowledge. The student has also an insight in the basic analyses to determine the microbial quality of food products. The student is able to analyze a problems in the area of food microbiology and food preservation and to offer solutions for analyzed problems.
Prerequisites: General Microbiology, Biochemistry
Course content: Monod model of growth. Product formation kinetics. Growth and product yield. Batch culture and its modifications. Theory and description of chemostat; material balances and steady-states regulation. The overview of continuous open and closed systems. Cell and enzyme immobilization. Operational stability and activity of immobilized biocatalysts in continuous
Recommended literature: 1. Biotechnology. A multi-volume comprehensive treatise, Ed. Rehm H., J., Reed G.,Pühler A., Stadler P., Measuring, modelling and control (vol. 4), Verlag Chemie, Weinheim 1991 2. Bioreactor immobilized enzymes and cells. Fundamentals and applications, Ed.Murray Moo-Young, Elsevier Appl. Science, London, New York 1988 3. Manual of industrial microbiology and biotechnology, Ed. Demain A., L., Solomon N., Americ. Soc. Microbiol., Washington 1986 4. Principles of microbe and cell cultivation, Pirt S., J., Blackwell Sci. Publ., Oxford 1975
Assessment methods: Written exam.
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