Applied microbiology
Next offered by distance in 1996
BS DT BC BP BDT
Mr Christopher Panter
6 points * First semester * 8 hours of integrated lectures and laboratory per week * Gippsland/Distance. When offered by distance, laboratory work is completed in a seven-day block * Prerequisite: GAS2122
Study of food as a habitat for microorganisms. Taxonomic groups and physiological groups of organisms important in food spoilage. Organisms of public health significance in foods. Principles of food spoilage and food preservation. Commodity microbiology: canned foods; dairy microbiology. Aspects of microbiological testing of foods; standards. Industrial microbiology: culturing and maintaining microorganisms in industry; the continuous fermenter; industrial fermentations; aspects of genetic programming of industrial microorganisms; aspects of soil and wastewater microbiology; biological control using microorganisms. The subject is taught by lectures and laboratory work. Laboratory work includes individual projects comprising a large proportion of the assessment.
Assessment
Tests: 60% * Laboratory work and projects: 40% * Satisfactory performance in both written tests and laboratory work is required to pass the subject * Relevance of laboratory work to theoretical study: in this applied microbiology subject development of laboratory skills to a high level of competence is emphasised. Project work in the laboratory is used as a means of integrating the theoretical study topics and in developing student ability to analyse critically and discuss microbiological problems and data
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