ENVE531 ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS OF BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING
Course Code: |
5600531 |
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
Department: |
Environmental Engineering |
Language of Instruction: |
English |
Level of Study: |
Graduate |
Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. BÜLENT ÝÇGEN |
Offered Semester: |
Fall Semesters. |
Course Content
Problems posed by natural and engineered environments for monitoring microorganisms; advantages and pitfalls of molecular techniques for microbial community analyses, FAME, PCR, 16S/18S rRNA sequencing, phylogenetic analysis and relationship between phylogenetic information and ecological function of the microbial communities; profiling of complex microbial populations by DGGE, TTGE, SSCP, RAPD, ARDRA, T-RFLP, LH-PCR, and RISA; enumeration, identification and monitoring of pollutant-degrading bacteria by using nucleic acid probes, FISH, MAR and SIP; omic technologies and post-genomic approaches, applications, applications of these biomolecular methods in environmental engineering.