Course Description341

BIOC 445

25

Course No.

Course Title

No. of Units

Pre-requisites

Th.

Pr.

Credit

 

Bioc 445

Applied Biochemistry

3

3

4

Bioc 231

 

Objectives of the course :

Study of the different application fields which biochemistry can share in industry .

 

Course Description :

Some aspects of microbial biochemistry-Aerobic and anaerobic fermentation-Biotechnology – Genetic engineering and biotechnology – Biotechnology and the production of chemicals, antibiotics, Vaccines, inter Ferons and enzymes –Application of enzymes in food industry and medicin – Biomass and the production of biological fuels – single cell proteins – Bioremediation.

 

Main text books :

-          Biotechnology by J. Smith (1996). 3rd edition, Cambridge U.P. (UK) .

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Subsidiary books :

-          Biotechnology by Crueger and Crueger (1990). 2nd edition, Sinauer Associates (USA) .
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