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Applied Environmental Microbiology
To enable students to- • To understand solid and liquid waste management. • To understand biodegradation,bioremediation, bioleaching and biodeterioration. • To learn about biofertilizers. • To know about biopesticides and bioplastics
Treatment of industrial effluents and municipal waste through microorganisms. Aerobic Processes: Oxidation pools, Rotating Biological Discs, Rotating Drums, Anaerobic Processes: Anaerobic digestion, Anaerobic filter, upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors. Indicator microorganisms. Solid wastes: Sources and management (composting, vermiculture and Methane production
Biodegradation of natural compounds (cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignin, chitin,) Biodegradation of xenobiotics in environment – Organisms involved in degradation of chlorinated hydrocarbons, substituted simple aromatic compounds, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides, synthetic polymers, detergents and hydrocarbons Bioremediation- exsitu and in situ. bioaccumulation, biomagnifications
Definition, biodetorioration of paper, wood, paint, textiles, leather, metals (corrosion). Control of biodetorioration. Microorganisms and metal pollutants- metal bioavalibility in environment, mechanism of microbial metal resistance and detoxification, metal- microbe interaction, Bioleaching of metals, Microbial enhanced oil recovery.
Definition and types of biofertilizers, Mass cultivation and methods of inoculation of microbial inoculants – (Rhizobium, Azotobacter, & Asospirillium.)Cyanobacteria – Azolla – Anabaena association and its role in rice cultivation Quality control and ISI specifications for Rhizobium cultures.
VAM mycorrhizal association, Types of mycorrhizal association, Isolation, stock plants and inoculum production of VAM . Physiology and function of mycorrhizas- Nutrient Uptake and other effects. Biopesticides (with special emphasis on B. Thruingenesis.) Bioplastics
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8. Introduction to soil microbiology. Alexander, M John, Wiley & Sons. Inc., New York. (1977) 9. Advances in Industrial Waste water treatment, First Edition, Technosound Publications. 1999 10. Biofertilizers and Biopesticides Deshmukh AM, Technosciences Publications, 1998.
