Course Code: EST 412

Course Title : Environmental Biotechnology II

Weekly Class and Application Hours: 3-0

Kısa Ders Tanımı: Environmental biotechnology and biofuel. Industrial biotechnological process. Enzyme kinetics, Michaelis-Menten. Enzymereaction and enzyme inhibitors. Mathematical models of microorganisms. Design of bioreactor. Microbial conditions and parameters to maximizethe biotechnological processes.

Biotechnological process: production of biopolymers, antibiotics and pharmaceutical product, production of proteins and microbial fuel cell.Extremophilic microorganisms and their use in biotechnological processes. Genetic engineering.

Textbook and Supplementary Books::

  1. Environmental Biotechnology Editors: Wang, L.K., Ivanov, V., Tay, J.-H., Hung, Y.-T. (Eds.)

Course Assessment:

  • Class Participation 10%,

  • Mid-term Examination 30%,

  • Assignments 10%,

  • Final Examination 50%,

  • Attendance 95%compulsory