ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 2 Expository Class: 30 Interactive Classroom: 19 Total: 51
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Center Faculty of Sciences
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: Sin docencia (Extinguida)
Enrolment: No Matriculable
• Identify the main microorganisms of industrial interest.
• Manage the methodology of industrial fermentation processes.
• Describe the molecular bases of the microbial production of different substances of industrial interest.
• Understand the essential aspects of the functioning of microbial metabolism and its regulation; and know the applications of this knowledge in the production of different substances of industrial interest.
THEORY TOPICS
Topic 1. Industrial Microbiology. Concept, historical development and future prospects. Topic 2. Microorganisms of interest in Industrial Microbiology. Structure, metabolism, genetics and physiology.
Topic 3. Methodology of industrial fermentation processes.
Topic 4. Microbial production of enzymes of industrial interest.
Topic 5. Microbial production of organic compounds.
Topic 6. Microbial production of vitamins and amino acids.
Topic 7. Microbial production of antibiotics and therapeutic proteins.
Topic 8. Microbial production of hormones and vaccines.
Topic 9. Microorganisms in food production.
Topic 10. Microorganisms in the production of biofuels.
Topic 11. Microorganisms in biodegradation and bioremediation.
LABORATORY PRACTICES
Practice 1. The Microbiology laboratory. General rules
Practice 2. Preparation of media for the cultivation of microorganisms of industrial interest: Bacteria, yeasts and moulds.
Practice 3. Sowing techniques and isolation of microorganisms of industrial interest. Practice 4. Macroscopic and microscopic study of microorganisms of industrial interest. Practice 5. Selection of microorganisms that produce amylases.
Practice 6. Microorganisms in the manufacture of food.
Industrial Microbiology. David B. Wilson, Hermann Sahm, Klaus-Peter Stahmann, Mattheos Koffas (Eds.). Wiley. 2020.
Modern Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (2nd Edition). Nduka Okafor, Benedict C. Okeke. Routledge. 2018.
Procesos de separación de biotecnología industrial. Francisco Javier Recasens. Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (Ed.). 2018.
Industrial Biotechnology: Microorganisms. Christoph Wittmann, James C. Liao, Sang Yup Lee, Jens Nielsen, Gregory Stephanopoulos (Eds.). Wiley. 2017.
Industrial Microbiology. M.J. Waites, N.L. Morgan, J.S. Rockey & G. Higton. Blackwell Sci. 2006
BASIC AND GENERAL
CG1 - Possess and understand fundamental knowledge about the organization and function of biological systems at the cellular and molecular levels.
CG4 - Have an integrated view of cell functioning (including metabolism and gene expression), covering its regulation and the relationship between the different cellular compartments.
CB1 - That the students have demonstrated that they possess and understand knowledge in an area of study that starts from the base of general secondary education, and is usually at a level that, although it is supported by advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects involving knowledge from the cutting edge of your field of study
CB2 - That students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and have the skills that are usually demonstrated through the development and defense of arguments and problem solving within their area of study
TRANSVERSAL COMPETENCES
CT3 - Ability to work in a team.
CT6 - Ability to search, analyze and manage information from various sources.
CT10 - Capacity for critical reasoning and argumentation, and self-critical capacity.
SPECIFIC COMPETENCES
CEOP6 - Understand the essential aspects of the functioning of microbial metabolism and its regulation; and know the applications of this knowledge in the production of different substances of industrial interest.
The achievement of the basic training of the student will be carried out through expository teaching, interactive teaching and the completion of work.
The expository teaching will be carried out through master classes (30h), where the theoretical foundations of the subject will be explained with the help of audiovisual media and any other type that the teacher deems appropriate. These classes acquire a special relevance because the students have little knowledge related to the subject. The active participation of the student will be sought, who will be encouraged to intervene continuously.
The interactive teaching will be carried out through laboratory practices and seminars in which works will be presented.
The practices of the subject (15h), of compulsory attendance, will serve to illustrate the theoretical contents of the subject and will be fundamentally oriented towards the student acquiring skills and practical experiences. Basic microbiological laboratory techniques will be used.
The seminars, of compulsory attendance, will allow to propose individual or group activities that will promote the participation of the students from a critical and argumentative approach. At the same time, the limitation in terms of the number of students who attend the seminars will allow interventions to be favored at the individual level from different perspectives or orientations for the topics worked on, which will facilitate the acquisition of very useful skills for the achievement of objectives. fixed.
Finally, tutorials will be held to clarify the particular problems of each student and facilitate continuous monitoring of the subject.
In addition, the students will compulsorily carry out a group work, they will present the contents with audiovisual and whiteboard support, and finally they will discuss said contents in a critical and constructive way.
At all times the USC Virtual Campus will be used to support teaching. The virtual course allows students enrolled in the subject to access all the content taught by the teacher, as well as to have information related to the subject, programs, schedules, seminars, tutorials, etc.
The evaluation will be carried out through a final exam that represents 70% and a continuous evaluation that will represent the remaining 30%.
The student's final grade will consider both the result of the exam and all the activities carried out: attendance and participation in master classes, attendance and participation in laboratory practices and group work.
The evaluation system will consist of the following sections:
FINAL EXAM: Up to 7.0 points (CG1, CG4, CB1, CEOP6).
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT: Up to 3.0 points:
1. Attendance and participation in practical classes: Up to 1.0 points. The ability to work in a team (CT3), the capacity for critical reasoning and argumentation, and self-critical capacity (CT10) and the ability to apply knowledge to their work (CB2, CEOP6 ) will be valued.
2. Attendance and participation in master classes: Up to 1.0 points. The ability to analyze and synthesize, transmit knowledge and critical reasoning (CT10) will be valued.
3. Realization and presentation of works: Up to 1.0 points. The ability to work in a team (CT3) and to manage information from various sources (CT6) will be valued.
-Students who do not attend at least 80% of the practical hours will not be able to pass the subject.
-To pass the subject it is essential to obtain the minimum grade in each and every one of the sections.
-In case of not passing the subject in the First Opportunity, the student will be evaluated in the Second Opportunity of, at least, those sections in which the minimum qualification is not achieved.
VERY IMPORTANT: "For cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the "Regulations for evaluating the academic performance of students and reviewing grades" will apply.
Hours of face-to-face classes and student work (non-face-to-face).
Expository teaching: Total hours: 99 In person: 30% = 30 hours Non-contact 70% = 69 hours Practices: Total hours: 30 In person: 50% = 15 hours Non-contact 50% = 15 hours
Seminars (includes Papers) Total hours: 16 In person: 25% = 4 hours Non-contact 75% = 12 hours
Small group tutorials Total hours: 5 In person: 40% = 2 hours Non-contact 60% = 3 hours TOTAL
Total hours: 150 Contact hours: 51 Non-contact hours: 99
The study must be comprehensive and not rote, relating the contents of the subject with those of related subjects.
Regularly consult the course developed in the Virtual Classroom.
Consult any doubt with the teacher.
The subject is taught in the two official languages of the community, Spanish and Galician.