Syllabus
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Course Code: BT-402 Course Name: Environmental Biotechnology |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Environmental Biotechnology: An overview, concept, scope and market Biological control of air pollution. Bacterial examination of water for potability. Testing of water for physiochemical parameters including BOD & COD. Solid waste: Sources and management (composting, vermicomposting and methane production). | |
| 2 | Waste water: origin, composition and treatment. Physical, chemical and biological treatment of waste water. Aerobic processes: activated sludge, oxidation ponds, trickling filter towers, and rotating discs. Anaerobic processes: anaerobic digesters, anaerobic filters and up flow sludge blanket reactors. Microbiology and biochemistry of aerobic and anaerobic waste water treatment processes. Treatment of industrial effluents: distillery effluent, paper and pulp mill effluent, tannary effluent, textile dye effluent, removal of heavy metals from waste waters. |
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| 3 | Bioremediation: Introduction of Bioremediation; advantages and applications; Types of bioremediation, Natural (attenuation), Ex-situ and In-situ, Bioaugmentation and biostimulation, Solid phase and slurry phase bioremediation. Biodegradation: Aerobic vs. anaerobic Degradation; Microbial basis of Biodegradation; Biodegradation of Xenobiotics; Microbial degradation of pesticides Biotechnological methods of pollution detection: General bioassays in pollution monitoring, cell biology in environmental monitoring, molecular biology in environmental monitoring and biosensors in environmental analysis. |
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| 4 | Microbial Insecticides: Bacteria, fungi and viruses. Use of R-DNA technology to enhance the efficacy microbial insecticides. Biofertilizers, Microbes in oil recovery and bioleaching. Biodeterioration of stored plant food materials, leather, wool, metals, textiles, stone & related building. Control of microbial biodeterioration. | |
