Environmental Biology Microbiology

AY2017/2018 Semester 1

Levels of biological organisation: biopolymers, cell structure, cellular metabolism, organism physiology. Genetics, molecular biology and their application to environmental engineering. Aquatic and terrestrial natural biosystems. Role and function of microbes, biodiversity in environments. Food chains/webs and biogeochemical cycling of nutrients. Microbial ecology, classification and identification, microbial groups and their functions in environmental engineering. Growth and cultivation. Microbiology of water and wastewater treatment, solid waste transformation, soil remediation and air purification. Public health microbiology.