Main contents of the course |
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Readings/References/Notes |
The week |
Content (topic) per week |
laboratory |
1 |
A historical overview, sources of industrial microorganisms and methods of isolation and conservation. |
laboratory |
2 |
Important microbial groups in food (bacteria, fungi, viruses, ....). |
laboratory |
3 |
Improvement of industrial strains, vaccine preparation, development methods used in biotechnologies, separation processes of biotechnology products. |
laboratory |
4 |
Biotechnology applications and factors affecting microbial activity. |
laboratory |
5 |
Uses of biotechnology and modern industrial uses of microorganisms in the production of chemicals, antibiotics, vaccines, interferons and enzymes.– Study of single-cell protein production, amino acid production, organic acid production, vitamin production, production of polysaccharides and lipids. |
laboratory |
6 |
Theoretical and practical midterm exam |
laboratory |
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Industrial fermentations and bioreactors - aerobic and anaerobic fermentation and by-products of microorganisms |
laboratory |
7 |
Biotechnologies and how to use them to produce substances of medical interest such as medicines and vaccines from microbes or from genetically modified plants. |
laboratory |
8 |
Biomass and production of biofuels andsingle-celled protein. |
laboratory |
9 |
- Microbial corruption of food |
laboratory |
10 |
Microbial food poisoning and control of food microbes (physical methods, chemical methods, biological methods, ...). |
laboratory |
11 |
Foundations and tools of genetic engineering |
laboratory |
12 |
– Applications of genetic engineering in biomanufacturing and plant tissue culture techniques and the economic objectives of these techniques. |
laboratory |
13 |
Bioremediation of environmental pollutants |
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14 |
Practical Final Exam |
References
· Fundamentals of BiotechnologyJohn Smit
· Fundamentals of Biotechnology (Genetic Engineering) Muhammad Saad Hashem Ahmed
· Advanced Genetic Engineering Ayad Muhammad Alobeidi.