Introduction to mineral biotechnology

Introduction to mineral biotechnology
546-0851/01
čeština Introduction to mineral biotechnology
546-0851/02
angličtina

Summary

The course provides knowledge on the application of biological processes in the industry, particularly in the remediation of the environment affected by mining and industrial activities. Students are introduced into the issues of the currently applied industrial biotechnologies exploiting the technologies based on the interaction of live organisms and contaminants in the environment, e.g. crude oil, plastics or toxic metals. Several lectures are dedicated to the use of biotechnologies in other industrial branches, where biotechnologies have been successfully used for some time (food processing, building, and pharmaceutical industries) and point at further prospective options for their use, especially in the processes of modern methods in mining and processing of mineral resources and waste.

Literature

FEČKO, Peter, Mária KUŠNIEROVÁ, Vladimír ČABLÍK a Iva PEČTOVÁ. Environmental biotechnology. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2006. ISBN 80-248-1090-5.
KOTRBA, Pavel, Martina MACKOVÁ a Tomáš MACEK, ed. Microbial biosorption of metals. Dordrecht: Springer, 2011. ISBN 978-94-007-0442-8

SINGH, Shree N. a R. D. TRIPATHI. Environmental bioremediation technologies. New York: Springer, 2007. ISBN 978-35-40347903.
GLAZER, Alexander N. a Hiroshi NIKAIDO. Microbial biotechnology: Fundamentals of applied microbiology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-84210-5.

Advised literature

BARNUM, Susan R. Biotechnology: An introduction. Belmont: Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2005. ISBN 0-534-49296-7
DÍAZ, Eduardo, ed. Microbial biodegradation: genomics and molecular biology. Norfolk: Caister Academic Press, c2008. ISBN 978-1-904455-17-2
ZAJKOV, Gennadij Jefremovič, ed. Research progress in biotechnology. New York: Nova Biomedical Books, 2008. ISBN 978-1-60456-000-8
CHEN, Qizhi a George THOUAS. Biomaterials: a basic introduction. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015. .

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Language of instruction	čeština, angličtina
Code	546-0851
Abbreviation	UdMB
Course title	Introduction to mineral biotechnology
Coordinating department	Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Iva Janáková, Ph.D.