INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

Food Microbiology 6CFU
The first part of the course concerns the following topics :
- role of cell structure and differentiation on microbial metabolism and adaptation to the ecosystem
intrinsic and extrinsic environmental factors affecting microbial growth and phenotype expression
- microbial growth kinetic, survival and production of different metabolites
- DNA, RNA and protein expression
- genetic modification in prokaryote and eukaryote cells
The second part of the course concerns the topics of:
- industrial exploitation of microorganisms and genetically modified microorganisms
- Monod equation and its applications
- Biomass and primary or secondary metabolite production
- Industrial fermentation processes
- Batch; Fed-batch, continuous bioreactors
- Up stream and down stream
- Principles of process modelling and Scaling up of biotechnological industrial process
The third part of the course concerns the discussion and solving of real industrial "study cases", concerning industrial microbiology applied to the food industries