Course Contents

1. Lectures: 45 - 48 2. Discussions / Tests / Assignments: Regular 3. Field trips/ Documentaries Regular Good microbiological laboratory practice Stages of fermentation process, Isolation, screening, preservation and improvement of industrial microorganisms, Media formulation, Sterilization, Inoculum development- The range of fermentation process, Submerged, Solid state fermentation , Continuous culture, Fed-Batch culture, Chemo stat culture. Bioreactor- Design, Operation, Cell Harvesting, and Disruption, Product recovery and, Purification, Types of bioreactor. Alcohols, Alcoholic beverages, Organic acids, Polysaccharides, antibiotics, Vitamins, Fermented Foods, Organic acids. Biomining Mineral leaching with bacteria, microorganisms involved in the sulfide mineral leaching, chemistry of sulfide mineral oxidation by bacteria, exploitation of bacterial sulfide mineral oxidation , dump and heap leaching , in situ bacterial leaching of ore , mineral concentrate-leaching, heavy metal pollutants removal by bioaccumulation , mechanisms of detoxification, single cell protein , biofuels- biogas technology, ethanol production , Microbes and climate change