Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Mineral Biotechnology I

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	546-0437/04
Abbreviation	MB I
Course title	Mineral Biotechnology I
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Iva Janáková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1.Biotechnology and Mineral Development, Environmental biogenic happening as the basic principle of mineral biotechnology; kinetics of the process.
2. Biogenic elements, chemical and biological nature of the cycle of elements in the biosphere.
3. Course of environmental processes in deposits with sulphide mineralization, bioleaching, microorganisms used in the bioleaching.
4. The genus Thiobacillus, Biological - Chemical oxidation of metals (in general).
5. Bio - chemical leaching of pyrite and arzenopyritu.
6. Bio - chemical leaching of copper sulfides.
7. Bio - chemical leaching of sphalerite, galena and stibnite.
8. Application of bio-chemical methods in mining and mineral processing.
9. Classification of coal - physical properties, makropetrographic classification.
10. Micropetrographic classification - brown coal, hard coal microlithotypes.
11. Forms of behavior of sulfur in coal, sulfur removal from coal using microorganisms.
12. Technological aspects of biological desulfurizace sulfur from coal.
13. Biodegradation of black and brown coal - split ties.
14. Microorganisms removing organic sulfur from coal and trace elements.
15. Biological treatment of coal for power production purposes.

Literature

FEČKO, Peter, Mária KUŠNIEROVÁ, Vladimír ČABLÍK and Iva PEČTOVÁ(Janáková). Environmental biotechnology. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2006. ISBN 8024810905.
FLYNNE, W. G. Biotechnology and bioengineering. New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2008. ISBN 978-1-60456-067-1.
ATLAS, R.M.: Microbiology, Fundamentals and Applications. 2nd Ed. Macmillan Publishing Comp., New York, 1988. Dictionary of microbiology and molecular biology [online]. 3rd ed.
KüCK, Ulrich FRANKENBERG-DINKEL, Nicole. Biotechnology. De Gruyter, 2015.

Advised literature

Barnum, S. R. Biotechnology : an introduction. Belmont : Thomson Brooks/Cole, c2005 - x, 323 s. : il. ISBN 0-534-49296-7.
SINGH, Shree N. a R. D. TRIPATHI. Environmental bioremediation technologies. New York: Springer, c2007. ISBN 9783540347903.
Yates, Marylynn V. Nakatsu, Cindy H. Miller, Robert V. Pillai, Suresh D. Manual of Environmental Microbiology (4th Edition). American Society for Microbiology (ASM). 2016.
ZAJKOV, Gennadij Jefremovič, ed. Research progress in biotechnology. New York: Nova Biomedical Books, c2008. ISBN 978-1-60456-000-8.

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