Environmental microbial biotechnology
A.A. 2018/2019
Obiettivi formativi
The course will provide an overview of biological mechanisms and application potential of environmental microbial communities finalised to the environmental protection, baed on a "Microbial Resource Management" approach.
Risultati apprendimento attesi
Comprehension and analysis of the the ecological and physiological mechanisms which sustain the functionality of environmental microbial communities and are the basis for the development of microbial biotechnologies for environmental protection, bioremediation, sustainable bioenergy production.
Periodo: Secondo semestre
Modalità di valutazione: Esame
Giudizio di valutazione: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Corso singolo
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Programma e organizzazione didattica
Edizione unica
Responsabile
Periodo
Secondo semestre
Programma
1) BIODIVERSITY AND FUNCTION IN MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEMS EXPLOITABLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGIES Microbiomes, environmental biotechnologies and microbial ecology Systems biology and "omics Technologies"-omics and diversity analyses Analyses of diversity and function in environmental microbial communities 2) BIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR BIOREMEDIATION Concepts and methods in bioremediation Remediation from oil and derived pollutants Reductive dechlorination phyto-rhyzoremediation metal bioremediation wastewater treatment: removal of SS, C, N, P 3) PRODUCTION OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY Anaerobic digestion: production of bioCH4 and bioH2 MFC: production of elettricity and H2, pollutant remediation Production of biofuels from lignocellulosic materials biofuel from CO2 algae and oleaginous microrganisms
Informazioni sul programma
The final examination will consist in open questions to specific topics described during the course. The exam will be written in the period June-September, oral in the other months.
Propedeuticità
Methods in Biotechnology
Prerequisiti
basic knowledge in: general microbiology and molecular microbiology; Chemistry; Biochemistry You can contact the teacher to obtain indications about texts and bibliographic references that can be studied to fill eventual knowledge gaps
Materiale di riferimento
Slides projected during lessons will be provided to the students, together with scientific articles dealing with the course topics.
Docente/i
Ricevimento:
tutti i giorni previo appuntamento
Ufficio: via Mangiagalli 25, terzo piano, sezione microbiologia agraria