Applied Microbiology

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Applied Microbiology

• Chapters 27 764-770 777-787
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Objectives

• Microbes at work in the environment
• Microbes at work for humans
• the original biotechnology
• the new biotechnology

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Metabolic specialists

• Range of
• habitats

• interactions

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The importance of microbes in biogeochemical
cycles

• The carbon cycle

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The nitrogen cycle
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• Nitrification
• Denitrification

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The sulfur cycle
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How to fix the coast of Galicia

• Or, bioremediation in action

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Water treatment

• Drinking water

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Versus sewage treatment. . .
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• Aerobic bacteria
• Anaerobic bacteria

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More appetizingly. . .

• Microbes are involved in
• Cheese and other dairy products
• Bread and pickles
• Beer, wine and vinegar

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Fermentations
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On beyond alcohol. . .

• Bioreactors

• Products

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Microbes rule!