Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Mineral Biotechnology II.

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	546-0438/02
Abbreviation	MBII
Course title	Mineral Biotechnology II.
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Vladimír Čablík, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Biological corrosion of building materials
2. Conditions for biodeteriogens impingement
3. Process origin and development of building biodeterioration
4. Influence of microorganisms on building materials
5. Exploration and diagnosis of building materials distortion because of biocorrosion
6. Causes of degradation processes in building materials
7. Concrete biocorrosion
8. Analysis of microorganisms in biocorrosion
9. Sulphate corrosion
10. Sulphate corrosion of concrete caused by sulfur bacteria
11. Microorganisms and their role in the metabolism of inorganic sulfur substances
12. The basic structure of microbial cells
13. Taxonomic systems of bacteria
14. Biodegradable plastics
15. Bioreactors

Literature

EBNESAJJAD, Sina. Handbook of Biopolymers and Biodegradable Plastics. Waltham, MA: Elsevier, 2013. DOI: 10.1016/C2011-0-07342-8. .
FEČKO, P., KUŠNIEROVÁ, M., ČABLÍK, V., PEČTOVÁ, I. Environmental Biotechnology, VŠB-TU Ostrava. Ostrava, 2006, p. 182, ISBN 80-248-1090-5.
Handbook of fungal biotechnology / edited by Dilip K. Arora ; associate editors Paul D. Bridge, Deepak Bhatnagar. - 2nd ed. - New York : M. Dekker, c2004 - xii, 592 s. ISBN 0-8247-4018-1.
Mineral biotechnology: microbial aspects of mineral beneficiation, metal extraction and environmental control / Ed. by S.K. Kawatra & K.A. Natarajan. Littleton: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, c2001-vii, 263 p.

Advised literature

PILLA, Srikanth. Handbook of bioplastics & biocomposites engineering applications. Salem, Mass.: Scrivener, 2011. .
Bioremediation of relcalcitrant [i.e. recalcitrant] compounds / edited by Jeffrey W. Talley. - Boca Raton : CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006. 310 p. ISBN 1-56670-656-4.
Bacteriophages : biology and applications / edited by Elizabeth Kutter, Alexander Sulakvelidze. - Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2005. 510 p. ISBN 0-8493-1336-8.
Mineral raw materials and mining activity of the 21st century : November 25-27, 2003, VŠB-TU Ostrava, Czech Republic. Part I,II / [editor Fečko Peter]. - Ostrava : VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, [2003]. 364 p.

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