Semester-VII 2023

Course Objectives: 

To acquaint the students with conservation and reclamation of the environment through biotechnology. 

Course Contents:

• Introduction to Environment and Environmental Biotechnology
• Fundamentals of Biological Intervention 
• Pollution indicators
• Pollutant and Pollution control strategies
• Municipal, Industrial and Hazardous Waste
• Landfills and Composts
• Contaminated land and bioremediation
• Aerobes and Effluents
• Environmental Contamination by Heavy Metals and Potential strategies for bioremediation
• Role of Biotechnology in Environmental Sustainability
• Biology of Wastewater and its treatment
• Sludge treatment
• Solid Waste treatments

Practical:   

Biodegradation of environmental pollutants by microorganisms, Field survey of polluted areas, Field study for pollution indicators (Plants, Microorganisms). 

RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS: 

1. Christon Hurst, Ronald Crawford, Jay Garland, David Lipson, Aaron Mills and Linda Stetzenbach (2007) Manual of Environmental Microbiology. 3rd Ed. Blackwell Publishers 

2. Christopher F. Faster and D. A John Wase, John Wase (2004) Environmental Biotechnology. John Willey & Sons. 

3. Derek R. Lovley (2000) Environmental Microb-Metal Interactions. ASM Press. 

4. Environmental Biotechnology by Bhattacharyya and Rintu Banerjee (Paperback - Mar 1, 2007) OUP India. 

5. Environmental Biotechnology by Bruce E. Rittmann and Perry L. McCarty (Paperback - Jan 1, 2001). McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. 

6. Environmental Biotechnology Theory and application, 2003. Gareth M Evans and Judith C. Furlong. Wiley Publishers. 

7. Environmental Biotechnology, 2008. T, Srinivas New Age international Publishers.  

8. Environmental Microbiology: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Biotechnology) by John F. T. Spencer and Alicia L. Ragout de Spencer (Hardcover - Jul 15, 2004) Humana Press; 1 edition. 

9. Laqrence P. Wackett (2001) Biocatalysis and Biodegradations: Microbial Transformation of Organic Compounds. ASM Press