ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Paper Code: 
ENV 302
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
7.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to Environmental Biotechnology
  • Definition of Environmental Biotechnology
  • Scope and importance of Environmental Biotechnology
  • Need of Environmental Biotechnology

 

10.00
Unit II: 
Genetic Engineering and Recombinant technology
  • Concept of Recombinant technology
    • Molecular tools of genetic engineering
    • Host cell-Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic
    • Vectors-Plasmids (pBR322), Bacteriophages(λ), Cosmids, BAC and YAC
    • Methods of gene transfer – Conjugation, Transformation, Transduction

 

10.00
Unit III: 
Biological Treatment of Wastewater
  • Sewage composition and characteristics
  • Aerobic Treatment Systems: Activated sludge process, Trickling filters,  Rotating biological contactors, Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor MBBR, Sequencing batch reactor(SBR)
  • Anaerobic Treatment System: Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor (UASB), Anaerobic fluidized bed reactor (AFB)
  • Biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal

 

10.00
Unit IV: 
Organic Waste Management
  • Aerobic treatment of solid waste

-Composting

-Vermicomposting

  • Anaerobic digestion of solid waste: Biomethanation, Gasification

 

8.00
Unit V: 
Industrial Applications of Environmental Biotechnology
  • Biofuels (Bioethanol ,Biodiesel)
  • Biofertilizers and Biopesticides
  • Biosensors

 

Academic Year: 
2017-2018
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