Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Biotechnology

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	546-0043/04
Abbreviation	BioTech
Course title	Biotechnology
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator	doc. Mgr. Hana Vojtková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to biotechnology studies - definition and division of biotechnology, historical overview of significant discoveries and technologies, applied biotechnology
2. Special biotechnology – cell and microbial biotechnology. Tissue culture, biomass production, fermentation technology, protein and enzyme engineering
3. Special biotechnology – fundamentals of plant biotechnology. Genetic modifications of plants and their practical use
4. Special biotechnology – basics of animal biotechnology. New directions in livestock breeding, transgenic animals, xenografting, animal pharming
5. Special biotechnology – foundations of industrial biotechnologies. Development of bioprocessing techniques, enzyme engineering
6. Biotechnology in modern mining and treatment of minerals and wastes, biodegradation, bioremediation
7. Further trends in modern biotechnology – application of biotechnology in industry, development of new materials, modern biotechnology in environmental protection

Literature

FEČKO, P., M. KUŠNIEROVÁ, V. ČABLÍK a I. PEČTOVÁ. Environmental Biotechnology. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2006. 182 s. ISBN 80-248-1090-5
FLYNNE, W. G. Biotechnology and bioengineering. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2008. ISBN 978-1-60456-067-1

Advised literature

Fečko, P. Netradiční způsoby úpravy černouhelných kalů. Ostrava : VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2001 - 149 s. : il. ISBN 80-7078-921-2.

M.F.M. Bijmans, P.-J. van Helvoort, C.J.N. Buisman, P.N.L. Lens, Effect of the sulfide concentration on zinc bio-precipitation in a single stage sulfidogenic bioreactor at pH 5.5, Separation and Purification Technology, Vol. 69, No. 3, 2009.

K.R. Blight, R.M. Candy, D.E. Ralph, The preferential oxidation of orthorhombic sulfur during batch culture, Hydrometallurgy, Vol. 99, No. 1-2, 2009.

R.A. Cameron, R. Lastra, S. Mortazavi, W.D. Gould, Y. Thibault, P.L. Bedard, L. Morin, K.J. Kennedy, Elevated-pH bioleaching of a low-grade ultramafic nickel sulphide ore in stirred-tank reactors at 5 to 45oC, Hydrometallurgy, Vol. 99, No. 1-2, 2009.

Huan He, Jin-Lan Xia, Yi Yang, Hongchen Jiang, Chun-qiao Xiao, Lei Zheng, Chen-yan Ma, Yi-dong Zhao, Guan-zhou Qiu, Sulfur speciation on the surface of chalcopyrite leached by Acidianus manzaensis, Hydrometallurgy, Vol. 99, No. 1-2, 2009.

V. Sheoran, A.S. Sheoran, P. Poonia, Phytomining: A review, Minerals Engineering, Vol. 22, No. 12, 2009.

F. Xiao, Ju-Chang Howard Huang, Comparison of biosorbents with inorganic sorbents for removing copper(II) from aqueous solutions, Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 90, No. 10, 2009.

Recyklace odpadů XI : 6.-7.12.2007, Košice. I, II / [editor Peter Fečko, Vladimír Čablík]. - Ostrava : VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2007 - 248 s. : il. ISBN 978-80-248-1597-8, 978-80248-1676-0.

Recyklace odpadů X : 3.11.2006, VŠB-TU Ostrava / [editor Peter Fečko, Vladimír Čablík]. - Ostrava : VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, [2006] - 394 s. : il. ISBN 80-248-1214-2.

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