Courses Catalogue

Industrial Microbiology 1

Course Code: MCB 401
Credit Unit: 2
Academic Programme: Bachelor of Science Degree in Microbiology
Faculty: Microbiology
Status: Core
Programme Type: Bachelor

Course Description

Nature of industrial microbiology and microorganisms of industrial importance, Aspects of the biology of moulds, yeasts, bacteria and actinomycetes Fermentation technology Culture techniques and maintenance of selected cultures Mutation, strain selection and development, hybridization and media formulation and economics, Optimization of fermentation media at laboratory scale; fermenter design operation Antifoams Aspects of biochemical engineering
Patents and patent laws.