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Course, academic year 2026/2027
  
   
Industrial Biotechnology - AM319028
Title: Industrial Biotechnology
Guaranteed by: Department of Biotechnology (319)
Faculty: Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology
Actual: from 2026
Semester: winter
Points: winter s.:5
E-Credits: winter s.:5
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/2, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)Schedule is not published yet, this information might be misleading.
Min. number of students: unlimited
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Patáková Petra prof. Dr. Ing.
Interchangeability : M319028
Examination dates   Schedule   
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Annotation -
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the principles of production of products of the biotechnology industry, some of which are used in the food industry, others in the chemical industry and other industries. In many cases, these are products that are commonly produced from petroleum, but alternatively, biotechnological processes can be used for their production. The course is structured from raw materials, through the microorganisms used, their metabolic pathways to the isolation and purification of the desired products. Emphasis is placed on the use of by-products and wastes from agriculture, food and other industrial production as raw materials for biotechnological applications. Each technology is assembled in unit operations and emphasis is placed on basic microbiological, biochemical, chemical, physical and engineering principles. The student is also introduced to the apparatus required for the technology. The course includes the solution of a group assignment - technology design.
Last update: Cibulková Jana (20.10.2025)
Course completion requirements -

Účast na přednáškách je doporučená, není však kontrolována.

Cvičení je organizováno formou řešení skupinového úkolu pod vedením pedagoga. Konzultace skupinového úkolu probíhají pravidelně během semestru a jsou organizovány vedoucím úkolu (pedagogem) nebo mohou být vyžádány studenty.

Nedílnou součástí výuky je e-learningový výukový kurz rozdělený do bloků, v rámci kterých jsou studentům k dispozici materiály pro podporu učení, včetně elektronických učebnic, prezentací, přednášek a dalších doplňkových materiálů. Součástí e-learningu je vzorové řešení skupinového příkladu.

Last update: Cibulková Jana (20.10.2025)
Literature -

Obligatory:

  • Moo-Young, M. Comprehensive Biotechnology (2nd ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2011, s. ISBN 9780080885049.
  • Mousdale, David M.. Biofuels, biotechnology, chemistry, and sustainable development. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2008, https://vufind.techlib.cz/Record/000654223 s. ISBN 978-1-4200-5124-7.

Recommended:

  • Scragg, A. H.. Environmental biotechnology. Oxford: Oxford University, 2005, https://vufind.techlib.cz/Record/000962794 s. ISBN 0-19-926867-3.

Last update: Cibulková Jana (20.10.2025)
Teaching methods -

S novou látkou jsou studenti seznamováni prostřednictvím přednášek. Studenti jsou zároveň podněcováni k diskusi o tématech a k aktivnímu pokládání otázek.

Studenti jsou vedeni k tomu, aby pochopili návaznost jednotlivých jednotkových operací a dokázali popsat celé výrobní schema jednotlivých procesů. K tomu slouží zejména skupinový úkol, který zároveň vede studenty ke spolupráci.

Výuka je zpestřena prostřednictvím zvaných přednášek odborníků z praxe.

Last update: Cibulková Jana (20.10.2025)
Requirements to the exam -

The exam can only be taken after credit has been obtained. Credit is obtained for active participation in solving a group task, handing in a report to the task leader and presenting the whole task.

The examination is oral and covers all topics discussed in lectures.

Last update: Cibulková Jana (20.10.2025)
Syllabus -

1. Substrates for biotechnology

Traditional substrates - food crops, second- and third-generation substrates - lignocellulosic materials, food waste, algal biomass, industrial wastes, processing of gases as substrates, ensiling as a method of storing rapidly decomposing wastes

2. The concept of biorefinery in biotechnology, "next generation industrial biotechnology" (NGIB)

Mimicking oil processing in biomass processing, NGIB concept, development of a microbial strain for NGIB, cyclical arrangement of technology, water recycling, heat recovery, circular economy

3. Genetically modified organisms and their use in biotechnology (and agriculture)

GM microorganisms and plants, legislative rules, production of recombinant proteins and small molecules by GMMs

4. Production of industrial enzymes by microorganisms

Microbial enzyme producers, cultivation systems (solid substrate cultivation, submerged cultivation)

5. Biotechnological biomass production I

Yeasts (yeast and feed biomass), bacteria (probiotics), fungi (quorn), fermented soy products (soy sauce, tempeh, miso...)

6. Biotechnological biomass production II

Edible mushrooms, in vitro cultivation of animal muscle cells for human nutrition

7. Cultivation of algae for various applications

Combining algae cultivation with CO2 production, photobioreactors, microalgae, cultivation of macroalgae (seaweed) in marine aquaculture

8. Biofuel production using microorganisms

Ethanol production - traditional versus next generation, ethanol production using acetogens, obtaining anhydrous ethanol; biobutanol and other microbial fuels

9. Food ethanol production

Wholesale ethanol and its production, true distillates and liqueurs, different raw materials, different products

10. Fermented dairy products and cheese using microorganisms

Dairy products, cheese

11. Microbial acid production from renewable raw materials

For the food industry - acetic, lactic, citric

For industrial use - lactic (polymers), itaconic, gluconic

12. Microbial production of degradable plastics

Polyhydroxyalkanoates, use of fungal mycelium in packaging materials, others

13. Microbial production of amino acids

Amino acids for the food, feed and pharmaceutical industries, traditional and "next generation" methods of producer development, examples of production

14. Aerobic and anaerobic waste treatment as an integral part of the biotechnology process Aerobic systems, biogas production, biohydrogen, composting

Last update: Cibulková Jana (20.10.2025)
Learning outcomes -

Students will be able to:

  • Design a simple technological variant of the production process for microbial products covered in the course or related products.
  • Select a suitable microorganism and, based on its properties, design a culture medium, culture conditions, including the process management method and the design of product isolation and purification methods.

  • calculate basic bioengineering parameters of processes.
  • design the necessary equipment, perform a basic operational balance, and design waste treatment.
  • work in a group on a project task and present the resulting solution
  • discuss the selected process for which they will prepare a technological design
Last update: Patáková Petra (09.03.2026)
Entry requirements -

Entry requirements in the scope of the subject Microbiology, Chemical Engineering I, Biochemistry of the UCT Prague bachelor study program

Last update: Cibulková Jana (20.10.2025)
Registration requirements -

Entry-level knowledge in microbiology, biochemistry, and chemical engineering at the bachelor's degree level

Last update: Cibulková Jana (20.10.2025)
 
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