ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Paper Code: 
BTE 425 A
Credits: 
05
Contact Hours: 
75
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to –

 

  1. learn about water resources and analyze the waste water as well as solid waste management techniques
  2. learn about the Environmental genetics and it’s contribution to environmental management.
  3. become acquainted with various legal concerns of Bioresources.

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

 

BTE 425

 

Environmental Biotechnology

 

Upon completion of the course students will be able to:

CO 78 A: Overview of the developments in the field of environmental microbiology

CO 79 A: Understand role of microbes in mitigating environment pollution.

CO 80 A: Acquaint with various solid and liquid waste management

CO 81 A: Understand environmental genetics and its contribution to environmental management.

CO 82 A: Acquaint with legal concerns of Bioresources.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments

Learning activities for the students:

Self learning assignments, Effective questions, Giving tasks

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation
 
15.00
Unit I: 
Water as natural Resources and it’s management

Water: Natural (scarce) resource and its management, sources of water pollution and biological treatment processes (domestic sewage and industrial effluent) and their microbiology. Aerobic Processes: Oxidation pools, Rotating Biological Discs, Rotating Drums, Anaerobic Processes: Anaerobic digestion, Anaerobic filter, upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors, Advanced treatment technology – Methanogenesis, Methanogenic, acetogenic and fermentative bacteria – technical process and conditions

15.00
Unit II: 
Solid as natural resources and it’s management

Solid wastes: Sources and management (composting, vermiculture and Methane production), Bioremediation and Biorestoration of contaminated soils and wasteland. Hazardous wastes- source management and safety. Biopesticides in Integrated Pest Management.

20.00
Unit III: 
Biodegradation of Xenobiotics

Biodegradation of xenobiotics in environment – Organisms involved in degradation of chlorinated hydrocarbons, substituted simple aromatic compounds, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides, surfactants and microbial treatment of oil pollution.

15.00
Unit IV: 
Environmental Genetics

Degradative plasmids, release of genetically engineered microbes in environment. Global environmental Problems: UV- B and Ozone depletion, Green House Effect and acid rain, their effects and biotechnological approaches for management, Methodology for environmental management- the problem solving approach and it’s limitations

10.00
Unit V: 
Biodiversity and its conservation

Plant germplasm collection including of wild species, intra specific variations in crop plants, and molecular characterization of variations, Issues of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and legal concerns of bioresources.

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 
  1. Plant, Gene and crop Biotechnology, M.J. Chrispeel and D.E. Sadava ASPB 2003.
  2. Textbook of Environmental Biotechnology, P.K Mohapatra, I K International Publications, Mumbai 2006.
  3. Environmental Chemistry, A.K.De, Willey Eastern Ltd., New Delhi.
  4. Microbial Ecology- Fundamentals and applications. Ronald. M. Atlas, Richard Bartha. Pearson Education. 2005.
  5. Advances in Industrial Waste water treatment. P.K. Goel. (First Edition). Technosound Publications. 1999
REFERENCES: 
  1. Wastewater Engineering- Treatment, Disposal and Resuse, Metcalf and Eddy, Inc., Tata McGraw Hill, Delhi.1999
  2. Comprehensive Biotechnology, vol.4, M. Moo- Young (Ed-in-chief), Pergamon Press, Oxford.
  3. Introduction to Biodeterioration. D. Allsopp and K.J. Seal, ELBS/Edward Arnold.
  4. Bioremediation Engineering: design and Application. Cookson, J.T. McGraw- Hill, Inc.1995
  5. Environmental Biotechnology – Basic concepts and applications, Indu Shekhar Thakur, I K International publications. 2006
Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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