INDUSTRIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Academic year
2024/2025 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
MICROBIOLOGIA INDUSTRIALE E AMBIENTALE
Course code
CM0557 (AF:519738 AR:255129)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
Educational sector code
BIO/19
Period
1st Semester
Course year
2
Where
TREVISO
Moodle
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The course purpose is the application of microbial biotechnology in industrial production. The course will provide knowledge of microbial biochemistry pathway applied in the industrial microbiology for microbial fermentation processes, focusing on processes and pathways mainly applied for the production and accumulation of metabolites of industrial interest. The identification of the medium effects on fermentation processes, assessment of industrial microbial development, biomass production, organic acids, enzymes, amino acids, exo-polysaccharides.
Knowledge and understanding:
Knowledge of the main industrial production methods, competence in identifying operating conditions, raw materials, micro-organisms applicable to industrial processes.

Autonomy of judgement:
Identification of process variables and modification of them in order to increase industrial biotechnology production.
Knowledge of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Biochemestry
Fermentation processes
Metabolic accumulations and the mechanisms involved in the production of microbial metabolites
Strategies for the production of metabolites
Land and raw materials
Immobilization of microbial cells
Evaluation of microbial development
Production of microbial biomass, organic acids, ethanol, glycerol, amino acids, enzymes, exo-polysaccharides
Procedures for the identification of biological activities
Establishment of microbial cultures of single-cell and mycelial micro-organisms
Slides and papers
Le conoscenze apprese durante il corso dallo studente verranno valutate tramite un esame orale
The teaching will be organized in lectures with possibilities of didactic laboratory.
Italian
oral
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 05/08/2024