SYLLABUS FOR APPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGY
SEMESTER VI PAPER 6.1 APPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGY (5 Hrs/week) Unit – I Environmental Biotechnology: Water pollution: Biotechnological methods for Sewage and Waste water treatment - Primary treatment - Secondary treatment ( Anaerobic digestion process and anaerobic filter) - Tertiary treatment (Ion exchange method) Bioremediation : Definition -types, Microbial degradation of selected Xenobiotics (Hydrocarbon, Pesticides). Role of genetically engineered micro organisms in bioremediation (Plasmid transfer, Super bug). Biomining, Bioleaching and Biofuels : An overview of the role of microbial technology and biominng, bioleachng and biofuel. Unit –II Agricultural Biotechnology: Basic technology for plant tissue culture (Callus and Explants culture) Production and application of single cell protein Protoplast Fusion : Somatic hybridization and micropropagation techniques and their applications. Genetic manipulation of 'nif' gene and 'nod' gene of nitrogen fixatio
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