Features of Biotechnological Importance in Microorganisms
Ä Fermentation
Ä Microorganisms
Ä Cultures of microorganism
Ä Solid or semisolid culture
Ä Batch culture
Ä Continuous culture
Ä Fed-batch culture
Ä Metabolic pathways in microorganisms
Ä Glycolysis or EMP pathway
Ä The Entner-Doudoroff pathway
Ä The pentose phosphate pathway
Ä Microbial products
Ä Primary metabolites
Ä Secondary metabolites
Ä Enzymes
Ä Microbial biomass
Primary Metabolites
Ä Vitamins
Ä Citric acid
Ä Commercial production
Ä Biochemistry of fermentation
Ä Use of organic acids
Ä Alcohols
Ä Microorganism used in alcohol production
Ä Fermentable substrates
Ä Ethanol fermentation by yeasts
Ä Ethanol fermentation by bacteria
Ä Ethanol fermentation methods
Ä Distilleries producing alcohols
Ä Alcoholic beverages
Ä Wine
Ä Beer
Ä Rum
Ä Whisky
Ä Sake
Ä Uses of alcohols
Ä Toxins
Ä Bacterial toxins
Ä Chemical nature
ÄProduction of b-exotoxin
Ä Microbial insecticides
Ä Mycotoxins, type, action, control
Ä Antibiotics
Ä Penicillins
Ä Selection of culture of penicillium
Ä Chemical nature of penicillins
Ä Fermentation medium
Ä Fermentation process
Ä Antibiotic producing companies
Enzyme Technology
Ä Properties of enzymes
Ä Presence of species specificity
Ä Variation in activity and stability
Ä Substrate specificity
Ä Activation and inhibition
Ä Methods of enzyme production
Ä Isolation of microorganisms, strain development and preparation of inoculum
Ä Medium formulation and preparation
Ä Sterilization and inoculation of medium, maintenance of culture and fluid filtration
Ä Purification of enzymes
Ä Immobilization of enzymes
Ä Advantages of using immobilized enzymes
Ä Methods of enzyme immobilization
Ä Adsorption
Ä Covalent bonding (Ionic bonding)
Ä Entrapping
Ä Cross linking
Ä Encapsulation
Ä Effects of enzyme immobilization on enzyme stability
Ä Enzyme engineering
Ä Application of enzymes
Ä Therapeutic uses
Ä Analytical uses
Ä Manipulative uses
Ä Industrial uses
Ä In dairy industry
Ä In detergent industry
Ä In starch industry
Ä In brewing industry
Ä In wine industry
Ä In pharmaceutical industry
Ä Biosensor
Ä Types of biosensor
Ä Applications of biosensor
Ä Biochips
Ä Principles of Biochips
Ä Application of Biochips
Ä Advantages of producing microbial protein
Ä Microorganisms use as single cell protein (SCP)
Ä Substrates used for the production of SCP
Ä Nutritional values of SCP
Ä Genetic improvements of microbial cells
Ä Production of algal biomass
Ä Factors affecting biomass production
Ä Harvesting the algal biomass
Ä Spirulina as SCP, cultivation and uses
Ä Production of bacterial and actinomycetous biomass
Ä Method of production
Ä Product recovery
Ä Production of yeast biomass
Ä Factors affecting growth of yeast
Ä Recovery of yeast biomass
Ä Production of fungal biomass (Other than Mushrooms)
Ä Growth conditions
Ä Organic wastes as substrates
Ä Traditional fungal foods
Ä Shoyu
Ä Miso
Ä Tempeh
Ä Mushroom culture
Ä Historical background
Ä Present status of mushroom culture in India
Ä Nutritional values
Ä Cultivation methods
Ä Obtaining pure culture
Ä Preparation of spawns
Ä Formulation and preparation of composts
Ä Spawning, spawn running and cropping
Ä Control of pathogens and pests
Ä Cultivation of paddy straw mushroom
Ä Cultivation of white button mushroom
Ä Cultivation of Dhingri (Pleurotus sajor-caju)
Ä Recipes of mushroom