Microorganisms in Agriculture, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology ... - rgukt

B. Tech-Biology-Minor subject
IV th Year-II nd Semester
Elective-3
Industrial Microbiology : Paper-III
(Course Code B 1 4006)
(Microorganisms in Agriculture, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Microbial
Biotechnology)
UNIT 1:Microorganisms in Agriculture
1. Microbial bio pesticides.
2. Genetically modified crops containing insecticidal genes
3. Bio fertilizers- Blue green algae and Azolla , Phosphate solublizing
microorganisms.
4. Fuel From microorganisms – Biogas technology – microbial hydrogen
production-concept of gasohol
UNIT-2: Geomicrobiology
5. Microbial leaching of minerals
6. Biorecovery of petroleum , MEOR
7. Bio remediation and Biodeterioration – Petroleum products, leather,
textile and paper

8. Bioconversions – Biomining and Bioleaching of ores ( use of
Thermophilic microorganisms in industrial microbiology – Biogas,
Bioleaching, Biodiesel
UNIT-3: Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
9. Genetically Engineered microorganisms for value added products.
10. Production of heterologous protein – insulin, - growth hormones.
11. Recombinant vaccines
UNIT -4: Advanced Microbiology
12. Bio sensors and Bio polymers
13. Biochips, Bio films and Bioplastics
14. Micro organisms as Bio indicators
UNIT – 5: Analytical Microbiology
15. Bioassay of growth supporting substances – Amino acids and Vitamins
16. Bioassay of growth inhibiting substances – Antibiotics
17. Quality control tests – sterility testing, Microbial Limit Test (MLT)
18. Pyrogen Testing (LAL Test), Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC)
19. FDA and Good manufacturing practices
20. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of food, milk, water and sewage
UNIT- 6: Microbial Biotechnology
21. Commercial Production of microorganisms – single cell
protein(Spirullina)

22. Microorganisms in Agriculture waste water treatment
UNIT-7: Food Microbiology
23. Dairy products – cheese, Butter, Yogurt
24. Microorganisms as food – SCP, Spirullina and mushroom
25. Indian and oriental fermented food
26. Micro organisms of food spoilage and their sources
27. Spoilage of different food materials- Fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, milk
products
28. General account of food preservation – preservation of food and milk
29. Composition of milk, grading of milk- MBRT – Resazurin and Phosphate
tests
30. Microorganisms as food – SCP- edible mushrooms (white button, and
paddy straw)
BOOKS
1. Text Book of industrial Microbiology – A.H.Patel
2. Industrial Microbiology – L.E.Cassida
3. Industrial Microbiology - G.Reed
4. Industrial Microbiology – Agarwal and Parihar
5. Biology of Industrial Microorganisms – A.L. Demain
6. Principles of Fermentation Technology – Standbary, whitakar and Hall
7. Food Microbiology , Fundamentals and Frontiers – Doyle M.P etal.
8. Food Microbiology – Frazier , W.C and Westhoff.D.C
9. Modern Food Microbiology – Jay, J.M

10. Biofertilizers in Agriculture and Forestry – Subbarao. N.S
11. Agriculture Microbiology – Rangaswamy.G and Bhagyaraj.D.J
12. Food Microbiology – Adams, M.R and Moss .M.O
13. Industrial Microbiology – Patel.A.H.
14. Applied Microbiology – Singh.R.P.
15. Environmental Microbiology – P.D.Sharma
16. Environmental Microbiology – K.h.Vijaya