Chemistry and Physics

Instructor: Len Holmes

Description

CONTENT:

1.Introduction to Microbiology -Cell Structure, Important classes of microorganisms

2.Chemicals of life -Sugars and polysaccharides, Lipids, Nucleotides, Amino acids and

protein

3.Fermentation-Screening of microorganisms, bacterial strain development and

protein production by bench scale fermentation, kinetics of cell

growth, substrate conversion and product formation

4.Some feedstocks produced by fermentation- Ethanol, Citric acid, Amino acids, enzymes, Antibiotics etc.,

5.Immobilization techniques

- Whole cells

- Enzymes

6.Microbial approaches to waste water treatment- cultures for treatment processes

- aerobic sewage treatment

- methane production