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Introduction to mineral biotechnology

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Course Unit Code546-0851/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated3 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type A
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
PEC06doc. Ing. Iva Janáková, Ph.D.
MUD0002Ing. Jaroslav Mudruňka, Ph.D.
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.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
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.
Course Contents
1. Introduction. General characteristics of biodegradation and biological removal of pollutants from the environment.
2. Microbial communities in the bioprocesses and their specificities.
3. Biotechnologies in the processing and treatment of mineral resources – basic methods and principles.
4. Biotechnologies in the processing and treatment of mineral resources – processing of different ore and non-ore materials.
5. Contaminants in the environment – the most widespread representatives, classification (organic, inorganic), their properties and their behaviour in the environment, toxicity.
6.Biotechnologies and the environment – basic techniques, technologies and principles of pollutant removal.
7. Biotechnologies and the environment – biodegradation of crude oil and its derivatives, and biofuels.
8. Biotechnologies and the environment – biodegradation of hydrocarbons.
9. Biotechnologies and the environment - waste disposal.
10. Biotechnologies in the food industry and in the pharmaceutical industry.
11. Biotechnologies applied in wastewater treatment.
12. Biotechnologies in the building industry.
13. Biotechnologies in other industrial branches.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
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.
FEČKO, Peter, Mária KUŠNIEROVÁ, Vladimír ČABLÍK a Iva PEČTOVÁ. Environmentální biotechnologie. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2004. ISBN 80-248-0700-9.
CUSTERS, René. Průvodce biotechnologiemi: biotechnologie v zemědělství a potravinářství. Praha: Academia, 2006. 104 s. ISBN 80-200-1350-4
ČERNÍK, Miroslav. Chemicky podporované in situ sanační technologie. Praha: Vydavatelství VŠCHT, 2010. ISBN 978-80-708-0767-5.
FEČKO, Peter, Mária KUŠNIEROVÁ, Vladimír ČABLÍK a Iva PEČTOVÁ. Environmental biotechnology. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2006. ISBN 80-248-1090-5.
Recommended Reading:
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. ISBN 148222769X.
KADUKOVÁ, Jana a Miroslav ŠTOFKO. Environmentálne biotechnológie pre hutníkov. Košice: Elfa, 2006. 141 s. ISBN 80-8073-496-8
ŠTULÍK, Václav. Biotechnologie v praxi. Praha: ÚVTEI, 1991. 190 s. ISBN 80-212-0045-6
ŠILHÁNKOVÁ, Ludmila. Mikrobiologie pro potravináře a biotechnology. Praha: Academia, 2008. ISBN 978-80-200-1703-1
ZHENG, Yufeng, Xiaoxue XU, Xu ZHIGANG, Junqiang WANG a Hong CAI. Metallic biomaterials: new directions and technologies. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co., 2017. ISBN 978-3-527-34126-9
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
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Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
ExaminationExamination100 51