| Module code | CBP 732 |
| Qualification | Postgraduate |
| Faculty | Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology |
| Module content | Description of industrial biotechnology in a process engineering environment. Focus on specific applications in the mining, agricultural, paper and pulp, medical, pharmaceutical, veterinary, brewing and food industries. Principles including implications of bio-prospecting, bio-safety, inoculum production, aseptic growth, quality control and product formulation as applicable to bio-processes. Fermentation with various microbial groups, bio-leaching, gene transfer, solid-substrate fermentation, enzymatic catalysis and immunology. Bioreactors, batch and continuous processing. Bio-remediation. |
| Module credits | 32.00 |
| Programmes | |
| Prerequisites | No prerequisites. |
| Contact time | 32 contact hours per semester |
| Language of tuition | English |
| Academic organisation | Chemical Engineering |
| Period of presentation | Semester 1 |
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