The course is designed to introduce students to the industrial exploitation of biochemical systems (microorganisms and their associated processes) to make products with commercial value. The course covers production of microbial cells, products from cells (drugs, chemicals and foods), and the use of microbial cells to catalyze particular reactions in large volumes. It also covers industrial microorganisms and their products, growth and product formation in bio catalysis, characteristics of large-scale fermentations, fermentation scale-up, energy production (ethanol, biogas etc), conversion of sunlight into biomass (bioreactors and bio photolysis), bio extractive metallurgy (microbial leaching, metal accumulation and complexation). It also covers the food and beverages industry: dairy products, cereal products, brewing, food additives, fruits and beverages, ripening, meat processing, spoilage and pest control. Production of biomolecules: insulin, interferon, viral antigens, growth hormones, rennin, antibiotics, biopolymers, pharmaceutical products, enzymes etc, extraction of enzymes, dyes, perfumes, detergents, and medicinal products is also a major component of this course. An introduction to biochemical basis of waste management and pollution control, and the different types of waste, sewage and wastewater microbiology, conventional biological wastewater treatment technologies (activated sludge, fluidized bed reactor processes etc), wetland processes and resource recovery (biogas, biofertilisers) are also covered.
- Teacher: Fortunate Ahumuza
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