This course will enable the students to –
Upon completion of this
course, the student will:
CO68: Appraise the diversity of microorganisms and learn about the abundance distribution and significance of microorganisms in the environment
CO69: Analyze the microbial communities in the air, analyze the aero-microbiological pathways and evaluate the mechanisms for controlling bioaerosols
CO70: Assess the factors influencing the degradation of xenobiotics and compare aerobic and anaerobic microbial degradation pathways for effective environmental remediation.
CO71: Evaluate molecular tools of genetic engineering and appraise methods of gene transfer, emphasizing their applications in environmental biotechnology.
CO72: Illustrate the role of microbes in nutrient transformation mineral resource mining, waste management and biotechnology
CO73: Contribute effectively to course-specific interaction
· Concept of Recombinant technology
· Molecular tools of genetic engineering
· Vectors-Plasmids (pBR322), Bacteriophages {lambda (λ} Cosmids, BAC and YAC
· Methods of gene transfer – Conjugation, Transformation, Transduction.
Basic Concept of Metagenomics
UNIT V: (12 hours)
ESSENTIAL READINGS
SUGGESTED READINGS
New Delhi: Pearson Education Pvt. Ltd.
New Delhi: I.K. International Pvt. Ltd.
JOURNALS:
Links:
[1] https://environment.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/environmental-microbiology-and-biotechnology-10
[2] https://nptel.ac.in/courses/105107173
[3] https://nptel.ac.in/courses/102105088
[4] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10408399009527531
[5] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7149796/
[6] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5178364/
[7] https://iastate.pressbooks.pub/genagbiotech/chapter/recombinant-dna-technology/
[8] https://gsconlinepress.com/journals/gscarr/sites/default/files/GSCARR-2021-0229.pdf
[9] https://environment.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2025-2026