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APPLIED ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY [1]

Paper Code: 
MBL 325 A
Credits: 
05
Contact Hours: 
75
Objective: 

Course Outcomes (COs):

 

          Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

 
 

Upon completion of the course the learner will:

CO 96 A: Acquaint with role of microbes in solid and liquid waste management

CO 97 A: Assess role of microbes in biodegradation and bioremediation of environmental pollutants 

CO 98 A: Assess the role microorganisms in biodeterioration and bioleaching of metals.

CO 99 A: Assess the role of biofertilizers and methods of inoculation

CO 100 A: Assess mycorrhizal relationship, bioplastics and biopesticides..

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Giving tasks

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

  
 
18.00
Unit I: 
Waste management
  • Treatment of industrial effluents and municipal waste through microorganisms.
  • Aerobic Processes: Oxidation pools, Rotating Biological Discs, Rotating Drums, Anaerobic Processes: Anaerobic digestion, Anaerobic filter, upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors. Indicator microorganisms.
  • Solid wastes: Sources and management (composting, vermiculture and Methane production

 

15.00
Unit II: 
Biodegradation

·         Biodegradation of natural compounds (cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignin, chitin,)

·         Biodegradation of xenobiotics in environment – Organisms involved in degradation of chlorinated hydrocarbons, substituted simple aromatic compounds, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides, synthetic polymers, detergents and hydrocarbons

Bioremediation- exsitu and in situ. bioaccumulation, biomagnifications

15.00
Unit III: 
Biodeterioration and Bioleaching
  • Definition, biodetorioration of paper, wood, paint, textiles, leather, metals (corrosion). Control of biodetorioration.
  • Microorganisms and metal pollutants- metal bioavalibility in environment, mechanism of microbial metal resistance and detoxification, metal- microbe interaction, Bioleaching of metals, Microbial enhanced oil recovery.
15.00
Unit IV: 
Biofertilizers
  • Definition and types of biofertilizers, Mass cultivation and methods of inoculation of microbial inoculants – (Rhizobium, Azotobacter, &Asospirillium.) Cyanobacteria – Azolla – Anabaena association and its role in rice cultivation
  • Quality control and ISI specifications for Rhizobium cultures.
12.00
Unit V: 
Mycorrhizal Relationship, Biopesticides and Bioplastics
  • AMF mycorrhizal association, Types of mycorrhizal association, Isolation, stock plants and inoculum production of AMF.
  • Physiology and function of mycorrhizae- Nutrient Uptake and other effects.
  • Biopesticides (with special emphasis on B. thruingenesis.)
  • Bioplastics
ESSENTIAL READINGS: 
  • Plant, Gene and crop Biotechnology, M.J. Chrispeel and D.E. Sadava ASPB 2003.
  • Textbook of Environmental Biotechnology, P.K Mohapatra, I K International Publications, Mumbai 2006.
  • Environmental Chemistry, A.K.De, Willey Eastern Ltd., New Delhi.
  • Microbial Ecology- Fundamentals and applications. Ronald. M. Atlas, Richard Bartha. Pearson Education. 2005.
  • Environmental Biotechnology – Basic concepts and applications, InduShekhar Thakur, I K International publications. 2006
REFERENCES: 

SUGGESTED READINGS:

·         Wastewater Engineering- Treatment, Disposal and Resuse, Metcalf and Eddy, Inc., Tata McGraw Hill, Delhi.1999

·         Comprehensive Biotechnology, vol.4, M. Moo- Young (Ed-in-chief), Pergamon Press, Oxford. 2004

·         Bioextraction and Biodeterioration of Metals (Biology of World Resources. Christine C. Gaylarde (Editor), Hector A. Videla (Editor), Dennis Allsopp (Foreword). Cambridge University Press. 2009

·         Handbook of Material Biodegradation, Biodeterioration, and Biostablization. Michalina Falkiewicz-Dulik, Katarzyna Janda Dr., George Wypych. ChemTec Publishing. 2010

·         Environmental Biotechnology. Theory and Applications. Gareth M. EvansJudith C. Furlong. Wiley. 2003

 

e RESOURCES: 

·         Environmental Biotechnology - Course (nptel.ac.in) [2]

·         Environmental Biotechnology - Course (nptel.ac.in) [2]

·         Environmental biotechnology (slideshare.net) [3]

·         Untitled Document (ernet.in) [4]

https://youtu.be/Hwi661vA8EA [5]

JOURNALS:

  • Journal of environmental biotechnology
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science   
  • Journal of Environmental Sciences

 

 

Academic Year: 
2022-2023 [6]

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[2] https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc21_bt41/preview
[3] https://www.slideshare.net/tanujanautiyal/environmental-biotechnology-50099488
[4] http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/sdev/chapter16.htm
[5] https://youtu.be/Hwi661vA8EA
[6] https://www.biotech.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2022-2023