School Of Natural SciencesPrinciples of BiotechnologyWestern Sydney University Unit Code: MI204A.1
Discipline: FOOD SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Student Contribution Band: NP
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
A good knowledge of Microbiology and Biochemistry.
Prerequisite
300300 Microbiology 1
Corequisite
300321 Microbiology 2
About this Unit
This unit has been replaced by 300646 Principles of Biotechnology in Spring 2009. This unit provides an overview of biotechnology and introduces students to the basic principles involved in the operation of commercial microbial processes. The unit will introduce the interdisciplinary nature of biotechnology. It also introduces the multi disciplinary nature of biotechnology and will illustrate some of the current developments in the field. Products of biotechnology: scope, impact and selection, maintenance and preservation of industrial microorganisms; strain improvement, including genetic manipulation; microbial growth kinetics; control and regulation of microbial metabolism; fermentation processes; manipulation of environmental factors for optimisation of fermentation; commercial exploitation of living organisms; social and legal aspects of biotechnology.