Environmental Microbiology detailed syllabus for Environmental Engineering (Env) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the Env students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Environmental Engineering 3rd Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Env 3rd Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of environmental microbiology is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
FUNDAMENTALS OF MICROBIOLOGY 9 Classification of microorganisms – prokaryotic, eukaryotic, cell structure, characteristics, importance, introduction to water, soil and air borne pathogens and Parasites and their effects on human, animal and plant health, transmission of pathogens, transmissible diseases -bacterial, viral, protozoan, and helminths parasites, concentration and detection of virus. control of microorganisms preservation of microorganisms, DNA, RNA, replication, recombinant DNA technology, their potential applications and intellectual property rights.
Unit II
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Unit III
METABOLISM OF MICROORGANISMS 9 Nutrition and metabolism in microorganisms, growth phases, carbohydrate, protein, lipid metabolism – respiration, aerobic and anaerobic-fermentation, glycolysis, Krebs cycle, hexose monophosphate pathway, electron transport system, oxidative phosphorylation, environmental factors, enzymes, bioenergetics, disruption in metabolism and disease. biodegradation of organic pollutants
Unit IV
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Unit V
TOXICOLOGY 9 Ecotoxicology – toxicants and toxicity, factors influencing toxicity.effects – acute, chronic, test organisms – toxicity testing-lab and field testing methods, bioconcentration – Bioaccumulation, biomagnification, bioassay, biomonitoring.
Course Outcomes:
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Reference Books:
- Bhatia S.C. , “Hand Book of Environmental Microbiology”, Part 1 and 2, Atlantic Publisher, 2008
- Gabriel Bitton, Wastewater Microbiology, 3rd Edition, 2005
- Raina M. Maier, Ian L. Pepper, Charles P. Gerba, “Environmental Microbiology”, Academic Press,3rd Edition 2014
- Volodymyr Ivanov,Environmental Microbiology for Engineers 2nd Edition, CRC Press, 2021, ISBN 9781498702126
- N duka Okafor, Environmental Microbiology of Aquatic and Waste systems. Springer Publishers, 2011, ISBN 978-94-007-1459-5
- Stanley E. Manahan, “Environmental Science and Technology”, Lewis Publishers, 2008.
- Hurst, C.J. Manual of “Environmental Microbiology”. 2nd Ed. aSm PRESS, Washington, D.C. ISBN 1-55581 – 199 – X. 2007
- Frank C. Lu and Sam Kacew, LU”s Basic Toxicology, Taylor & Francis, London 5th Ed, 2009.
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