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Załącznik nr 4 do ZW 1/2007

DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSES

• Course codę: BTC023013

• Course title: Biodegradations

• Language of the lecturer: polish

Course form	Lecture	Classes	iMboratory	Project	Seminar
Number of hours/week *	2				1
Number of hours/semester*	30
Form of the course completion	ąualification test
ECTS credits	3
Total Student’s Workload	90

• Level of the course (basic/advanced): advanced

• Prereąuisites: biology, microbiology

• Name, first name and degree of the lecturer/supervisor: Agnieszka Grabowiecka, PhD

• Names, first names and degrees of the team’s members:

• Year:.I.... Semester: II,

• Type of the course (obligatory/optional): obligatory or optional depending on the system of studies

• Aims of the course (effects of the course): Understanding the term ‘biodegradations’ as current, multidisciplinary field of biotech science

• Form of the teaching (traditional/e-learning): traditional

• Course description:

Biological basis for technologies using microorganisms for solid, liąuid and gaseous wastes treatment. Examples of implementations and futurę perspectives.

Lecture:

Number of hours

_Particular lectures contents_

I .Biodegradation and biotransformation - definitions. Contaminants characteristics - Chemical properties influencing resistance/biodegrability.

2. Environmentalfactors in contaminants’ recalcitrance.

3. Microbiology for biodegradation. Types of microorganisms, growth kinetics, energy formation.

4. Biochemistry of biodegradation - carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur cycles. Enzyme - substratę interactions (competition, synergism).

5. Co-metabolism. Degradations via multi-organism pathways.