COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEV 2009 ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY COMPULSORY 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DELIA TERESA SPONZA

Offered to

Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

IDENTIFICATION OF PROCAYOTES AND EUCARYOT ORGANISMS IN THE BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PLANTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
TO LEARN OF CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISMS ON CARBON AND ENERGY SOURCES
UTILIZATION OF MICROORGANISMS IN BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PLANTS, FOOD UPTAKEN, ENERGY SOURCED AND METABOLITIC ACTIVITIES
NITRIFICATION, DENITRIFICATION SULPHUR OXIDATION AND SULPATE REDUCTION
ENZYME SYSTEMS, MONOD AND MICHAELIS-MENTEN KINETICS
GROWTH OF MICROORGANISMS IN BATCH AND CONTINUOUS CULTURES
ENZYME INHIBITIONS
AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC METABOLIMS

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   IT HAS ENOUGH INFORMATION ABOUT BASIC SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
2   IT HAS ENOUGH INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT TO MANAGEMENT OF SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCES, PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND CONTROL
3   IT USED THE KNOWDLEGE ABOUT BASIC SCIENCES, ENGINEERING , ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES
4   IT PRODUCE SOME INFORMATION TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS , DETECT THE PROBLEMS IN BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PLANT IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AREAS
5   IT USE THE ADVANCE TECHNIQUES TO TRAT THE POLLUTANT PARAMETERS, .ASSESS THE DATA AND INTERPRETE THEM
6   DESIGN OF BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESSS BAED ON MICROORGANISMS AND CARBON TYPES
7   DESIGN AND CALCULATE THE OPTIMAL OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS FOR CARBONACEOUS SUBSTANCES REMOVALS IN LESSONS, EXAMS PROJECTS AND HOMEWORKS

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 PROCARYOT, EUCARYOT, ARCHAE, MONERA, IDENTIFICATION OF ORGANISMS IN THE BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PLANTS, VIRUS AND PHAGE PROPERTIES
2 FOOD UPTAKEN BY BACTERIA, METABOLISM, CATABOLISM, AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC METABOLISMS AND ENERGIE
3 OTOTROPH,HETEROTROPH AND PHOTOTROPH ORGANISMS
4 UTILIZATION OF MICROORGANISMS IN THE TREATMENT OF THE POLLUTANTS IN BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PLANTS
5 DENITRIFICATION, NITRIFICATION, SULPHATE REDUCTION AND SULPHUR OXIDATION MECHANISMS
6 GROWTH OF MICROORGANISMS, BATCH AND CONTINUOUS GROWTS
7 SUNSTRATE REMOVAL MECHANISMS, ENZYMATIC REAXIONS, MONOD SUBSTRATE REMOVAL KINETICS, MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS, INHIBITION KINETIC ( COMPETITIVE, NON-COMPETITIVE, UN COMPETITIVE INHIBITIONS AND EXCESS SUBSTRATE INHIBITION KINETICS
8 MID-TERM EXAM
9 LABORATORY 1: MICROSCOP UTILIZATION, INVESTIGATION OF BACTERIA, FUNGI, YEAST, ALGAE, PROTOZOAN IN SLIDES
10 IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIA, FUNGI, PROTOZOAN AND YEAST PRESENT IN BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS
11 IDENTIFICATION OF FLOC AND FLAMENTOUS BACTERIA, CLOGGING SLUDGE AND STEADY-STATE SLUDGE
12 MEASUREMENTS OF TOTAL AND FECAL COLIFORM AND FECAL STRPTOCOCCI BACTERIA ACCORDING TO THE MEMBRANE FILTER TECHNIQUE
13 lab exam
14 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

FUNDAMENTALS OF MICROBIOLOGY MARTIN FROBISCHER , 1996
ELEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING ANTONY AND ELIZABETH GAUDY, 2001

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

VZ*030+UYG *020+FN * 050

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

fınal exam, mid-term exam, laboratory exam

Assessment Criteria

fınal exam, mid-term exam, laboratory exam
VZ*030+UYG *020+FN * 050

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

PROF. DR. DELIA TERESA SPONZA

Office Hours

MONDAY 1,2,3,4,5,6 HOURS

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 9 2 18
Lectures 5 5 25
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 7 7
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 3 3
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 2 2
Preparing presentations 8 7 56
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
Quiz etc. 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.155
LO.255
LO.35
LO.45
LO.555
LO.6
LO.7