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Course code: NBSS20167f11Semester: 2011/2012 winter
Name: Non-conventional Processes in Biotechnology
Major: Biotechnology
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 1
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Piotr Juszczyk
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: At the end of the course student knows the characteristics of glycerin waste from biodiesel production. Student knows principal metabolic pathways of glycerol utilization. Understand the principles of microbial fuel cell. Have knowledge about the systematics, ecology and biotechnological use of microalgae.
Competences: After completing the course student is able to propose biotechnological way of crude glycerol valorization into microbial useful products. Student can design and create a basic microbial fuel cell. He will be able to use microalgae in biotechnological processes.
Prerequisites: Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Enzymology, Microbiology,
Course content: Biotechnological methods in biodiesel production (microalgae cultivation, enzyme preparations). Valorization of glycerin waste from biodiesel production. Application of acetic acid bacteria, methylotrophic microorganisms and Archeae in biotechnology Production of L-phenylalanine. Biological production of vitamin C. Microbial fuel cells (MFC).
Recommended literature: 1. Mikrobiologia techniczna, Mikroorganizmy w biotechnologii, ochronie środowiska i produkcji żywności, t 2. Red. nauk. Libudzisz Z., Kowal K., Żakowska Z., PWN, 2008 2. Biotechnologia żywności, Bednarski W., Reps A., WNT, Warszawa, 2000 3. Biotechniologia i chemia antybiotyków, Chmiel A. Grudziński S., PWN, 1999 4. Microbial Conversions of Raw Glycerol, Ed. Aggelis G., Nova Science Publishers Inc., New York, 2009. 5. Bioprocessing for Value-Added Products from Renewable Resources: New Technologies and Applications, Ed. Shang-Tian Yang, Elsevier Science, Amstedam, 2007. 6. Handbook of microalgal culture : biotechnology and applied phycology, Ed. Richmond A., Blackwell Science, Oxford, 2007. 7. Biologiczne przetwarzanie odpadów, Jędrczak A., PWN, 2007.
Assessment methods: Written exam, minimum of knowledge to passing grades - 60%.
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