{"id":2871,"date":"2023-07-27T02:30:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T23:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.food.ihu.gr\/?post_type=course&#038;p=2871"},"modified":"2024-09-12T13:10:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T10:10:09","slug":"276-190801","status":"publish","type":"course","link":"https:\/\/www.food.ihu.gr\/en\/courses\/276-190801\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Biotechnology and Industrial Fermentation"},"author":6,"template":"","meta":[],"semester":[41],"course_type":[74],"acf":{"code":"276-190801","semester":41,"level":"1","teaching_activities":{"activity_1":{"description":"Lectures","weekly_hrs":2,"ects":6},"activity_2":{"description":"Laboratory","weekly_hrs":3,"ects":""},"activity_3":{"description":"","weekly_hrs":"","ects":""},"activity_4":{"description":"","weekly_hrs":"","ects":""},"activity_5":{"description":"","weekly_hrs":"","ects":""}},"type":74,"language":"Greek","erasmus":"\u038c\u03c7\u03b9","url":"https:\/\/exams-geo.the.ihu.gr\/course\/view.php?id=228","prerequisites":"","instructors":[1346],"coordinator":"","content":"Introduction to food biotechnology\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Principles of biochemistry and molecular biology.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Genetic material and protein synthesis.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Microorganisms, their classification.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIsolation and characterization of industrially important microorganisms\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Isolation of industrially important microorganisms.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Productivity improvement of the characteristic industrial microorganisms; primary and secondary biosynthetic products.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nCulture maintenance and inoculate preparation\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Culture storage methods, quality control - effectiveness.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Inoculate characteristics and preparation.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Preparation of inoculate.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Inoculation, design and elimination of contamination.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIntroduction to fermentation processes\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Commercially important types of industrial fermentations.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Historical overview of fermentation industry development.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Constituent parts of fermentation processes.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Growth of microorganisms and kinetics of microbial fermentations.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Batch fermentations.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Continuous fermentations.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Multi-stage systems.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Comparison between batch and continuous industrial fermentation processes.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nDesign and types of fermenters\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Basic functions of a fermenter.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Aseptic operation and prevention of two-way contamination.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Materials of construction.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Temperature control.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Stirring and air supply control.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Aseptic operating conditions \u2013 achievement and maintenance.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Other types of fermenters.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Animal cell cultures \u2013 types of fermenters.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nSubstrates for industrial fermentations\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Basic characteristics of the substrate composition.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Nutrient recycling and pH regulation.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Precursors and regulators of metabolism, inhibitory and precursor factors.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Oxygen, substrate rheology, antifoams.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Substrate optimization.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Substrates for animal cell cultures.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nSterilization\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Substrate sterilization.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Continuous and discontinuous sterilization methods, design.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sterilization of the fermenter.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sterilization of the fermentation waste.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sterilization by filtration of substrate and air.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nFermentation monitoring and control\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Methods, sensors for measuring variables and their control\/adjustment.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Other sensors and control systems.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Control of production processes.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nAeration and agitation\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Oxygen requirements and supply in factory fermentations \u2013 the KLa value.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Rheology of fermentations, and factors affecting KLa values.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Balance between oxygen supply and demand.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Scale up.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nRecovery and purification of fermentation products\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Removal of cells and other solid cell material.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Floculation and settling.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Filtration.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Centrifugation.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Cell disruption.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Methods of recovery and purification of fermentation products.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Important parameters for fermentation wastewater handling and treatment.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nEnzymes\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Classification and kinetics of enzymes.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Characterization of enzymes and optimization of their activity.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Enzymatic bioreactors modes of operation.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Enzymes in the food industry.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nBiotechnology in the food industry\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Applications of biotechnology in food production.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>New food products through biotechnological processes.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nNew techniques in fermentation technology\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Production of heterologous proteins.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Cell immobilization techniques.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Use of pulsed electric fields.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Ultrasound, and x-ray irradiation.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>New fermented dairy products, probiotics, prebiotics.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>New fermented sea products, algae.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>New types of fermentations in cereal and fruit vegetable products.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nBIOTECHNOLOGY &amp; 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Types, their main parts, modes of operation, control of microbiological fermentations (temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, foaming), sterilization, inoculate preparation. Appropriate, based on the above conditions, preparation of the bioreactor. Substrate preparation, sterilization. Inoculate preparation.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nFermentation (this exercise requires more than 8 hours).\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Fermentation control (temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, foaming) maximizing enzyme production. Methods for estimating microbial population and biomass production.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Development stages of the microorganism. Stopping the fermentation, method of separating the microorganism from the liquid fermentation substrate (centrifugation, filtration), stabilization.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nEnzyme activity\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Definition and determination of enzyme activity.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Conditions under which the measurement of enzyme activity is carried out.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Enzyme activity measurement.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nDetermination of optimal enzyme activity conditions (a)\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Desirable enzyme stability in industrial process design and factors affecting it.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Determination of optimum pH for enzyme activity.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Determination of optimum enzyme activity temperature a) enzyme activity basis and b) time stability basis. Determination of the necessary ions to achieve optimal enzyme activity.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Stabilization of the enzyme with surfactants.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nDetermination of optimal enzyme activity conditions (b)\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Completion of the previous exercise.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nEnzyme reaction kinetics\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Maximum reaction speed (Vmax), Michaelis Menden constant (Km).<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Determination of maximum reaction speed (Vmax), Michaelis Menden constant (Km) for the enzyme under study.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nImmobilization of microorganisms and enzymes \u2013 enzyme bioreactors\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Types, ways and reasons of immobilization, applications of immobilized enzymes and microorganisms. 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