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Biological Methods of Raw Material Processing and Waste

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 546-0117/02
Abbreviation BMSO
Course title Biological Methods of Raw Material Processing and Waste
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Dr. Ing. Radmila Kučerová

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction. The importance of biological methods in the treatment of minerals and wastes
2. Basic classification of microorganisms
3. Cultivation, dynamics of growth and multiplication of microorganisms
4. Principle and division of bioreactors
5. Biochemical degradation of caustobiolites
6. Biochemical leaching of sulphide ores
7. Biochemical leaching of non-sulphide ores
8. Technology of underground biochemical leaching of ores
9. Technology of biochemical leaching heaps
10. Biochemical leaching of metal waste
11. Biochemical precipitation of metals from solution
12. Biosorption and its use in obtaining metals from solutions
13. Use of extremophilic microorganisms in industrial technologies

Literature

DÍAZ, E. Microbial biodegradation. Norfolk : Caister Academic Press, 2008. 402 s. ISBN 978-1-904455-17-2.
KOTRBA, P., M. MACKOVÁ, T. MACEK. Microbial biosorption of metals. Dordrecht : Springer, 2011. 329 s. ISBN 978-94-007-0442-8.
SINGH, A., P. O. WARD. Biodegradation and bioremediation. Berlin : Springer, 2004. 309 s. ISBN 3-540-21101-2.
KIRK, G. The biogeochemistry of submerged soils. Chichester : Wiley, 2004. 291 s. ISBN 978-0-470-86301-5 .

Advised literature

MANAHAN, S. E. Toxicological chemistry and biochemistry. Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2003. 425 s. ISBN 978-1-56670-618-6.
KUČEROVÁ, R., L. KUČEROVÁ, V. MATÚŠKOVÁ. Biodegradation of selected pollutants in soil and sewage sludge. Košice : Technická univerzita v Košiciach, 2014. 62 s. ISBN 978-80-553-1854-7 .
MARGESIN, R., F. SCHINNER. Manual for soil analysis. Berlin : Springer, 2005. 366 s. ISBN 3-540-25346-7.
NAIDU, B. D. Biotechnology & nanotechnology. New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. 329 s. ISBN 978-0-19-534008-2.


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