1. MICROBIAL GENETICS &
MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS
Last Lecture Sets for Examination 3
Monday, February 27, 2012

2. ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS
AND MICROBES
ANTAGONISM
Monday, February 27, 2012

3. ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS
AND MICROBES (Fungi and algae)
Monday, February 27, 2012

4. ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS AND
MICROBES : bacteria & legumes
Monday, February 27, 2012

5. ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS AND
MICROBES : ruminants and microbes
Monday, February 27, 2012

6. ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS AND
MICROBES : fungi and plants
Monday, February 27, 2012

7. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY:
RESEARCH AREAS
Monday, February 27, 2012

8. MICROBES AND THE
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
Monday, February 27, 2012

9. MICROBES AND THE
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
Monday, February 27, 2012

10. Microbial decomposition
Proteins and waste products Amino acids
Microbial ammonification
Amino acids (–NH2) Ammonia (NH3)
Nitrosomonas
Ammonium ion (NH4 +) Nitrite ion (NO2- )
Nitrobacter
Nitrite ion (NO2 -) Nitrate ion (NO3- )
Pseudmonas
Nitrate ion (NO3 -) N2
Nitrogen - fixation
N2 Ammonia (NH3)
Monday, February 27, 2012

11. MICROBES AND THE
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
Monday, February 27, 2012

12. Microbial decomposition
Proteins and waste products Amino acids
Microbial dissimilation
Amino acids (–SH) H 2S
Thiobacillus
H 2S SO42– (for energy)
Microbial & plant assimilation
SO4 2– Amino acids
Monday, February 27, 2012

13. APPLIED AND INDUSTRIAL
MICROBIOLOGY
Bioremediation
Use of microbes to detoxify or degrade pollutants;
enhanced by nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer
Bioaugmentation
Addition of specific microbes to degrade of pollutant
Composting
Arranging organic waste to promote microbial
Monday, February 27, 2012

14. APPLIED AND INDUSTRIAL
MICROBIOLOGY: BIOFILMS
application as surfactant
Monday, February 27, 2012

15. APPLIED AND INDUSTRIAL
MICROBIOLOGY: BIOLUMINESCENCE
application as biomarker
Monday, February 27, 2012

16. APPLIED AND INDUSTRIAL
MICROBIOLOGY: WATER QUALITY
TESTING
Monday, February 27, 2012

17. APPLIED AND INDUSTRIAL
MICROBIOLOGY: WATER QUALITY
TESTING
MUG
Monday, February 27, 2012

18. APPLIED AND INDUSTRIAL
MICROBIOLOGY: WATER QUALITY
TESTING
MUG
Monday, February 27, 2012

19. APPLIED AND INDUSTRIAL
MICROBIOLOGY: WATER QUALITY
TESTING
β- galactosidase
MUG
Monday, February 27, 2012

20. APPLIED AND INDUSTRIAL
MICROBIOLOGY: WATER QUALITY
TESTING
β- galactosidase
MUG fluorescent compound
Monday, February 27, 2012

21. WATER TREATMENT
PROCESS
Monday, February 27, 2012

22. FOOD PRESERVATION :
CANNING
QUALITY CONTROL: COMMERCIAL STERILIZATION
Monday, February 27, 2012

23. FERMENTATION
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sugar Ethyl alcohol + CO2
Lactic acid bacteria
Malic acid Lactic acid
Acetobacter or Gluconobacter
Ethyl alcohol Acetic acid
Monday, February 27, 2012

24. FERMENTATION
Monday, February 27, 2012

25. Yeast Fermentations
Monday, February 27, 2012