Environmental Biotechnology

Environmental Biotechnology

1 Introduction to Environmental Biotechnology

  1. What is Environmental Biotechnology?
  2. Scope of Environmental Biotechnology
  3. Application of Environmental Biotechnology
  4. Environmental Biotechnology for Environmental Clean-up
  5. Environmental Biotechnology and Alternative Solutions
  6. Pollution Control
  7. Waste Water Treatment
  8. Biodiversity Conservation
  9. Biomonitoring

2 Environmental Biotechnology in Waste Water Treatment

  1. Principles of biotechnology for wastewater treatment
  2. Practices of biotechnology for wastewater treatment
  3. Use of Biotechnology in Wastewater Treatment
  4. Recent Developments in Biotechnology for Wastewater Treatment
  5. Activated Sludge
  6. Trickling Filters
  7. Membrane Bioreactors (MBR)
  8. Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment

3 Environmental Biotechnology for Solid Waste Management

  1. What is Solid Waste?
  2. Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
  3. Classification of Waste
  4. Solid Waste Management (SWM)
  5. Biotechnological Advancements in Solid Waste Management
  6. Role of Biotechnology in Solid Waste Management
  7. Resource Recovery
  8. Biomethanation

4 Biotechnological Processes

  1. Biodegradation of Macromolecules
  2. Biodegradation of Xenobiotics
  3. Biotechnological Innovations for Recovery of Food
  4. Energy and Feed from Natural Bio-Solids
  5. Bioreactors
  6. Process Parameters Optimization, Cell Immobilization
  7. Application of Nanotechnology in Bioremediation

5 Degradation of Natural Compound

  1. Degradation of Cellulose
  2. Degradation of Hemicellulose
  3. Degradation of Chitin
  4. Degradation of Lignin
  5. Environmental Factors Influences in Biodegradation
  6. Lignocellulolytic Enzymes
  7. Composting and Vermicomposting of Agro-residues
  8. Use of Agro Waste in Mushroom Cultivation
  9. Process and Newly Emerging Technologies
  10. Advantages and Cost Considerations

6 In Silage Production from Waste

  1. Silage Production from Wastes
  2. Benefit of Silage
  3. The Ensiling Process
  4. Basic Principles of Silage Production
  5. Role of Saccharolytic and Proteolytic Organisms
  6. Preserving Techniques for Silage
  7. Preventive Measures to Control Silage Spoilage
  8. Preparation of Silage
  9. Process in Silage Making
  10. Planning for Silage Making
  11. Use of Silage
  12. Quality of Silage
  13. Strategies to Limit Silage Degradation by Undesirable Microorganisms
  14. Silage Additives
  15. Enzymology of Silage Production

7 Microbes in Greenhouse Gases Mitigation

  1. Climate Change
  2. Cause of Global Warming
  3. Microbial Communities and Carbon Cycle
  4. Microbial Communities and Methane Cycle
  5. Microbial Communities and Nitrogen Cycle
  6. Greenhouse Gases in Soil
  7. Microbes as Carbon Sink
  8. Sequestration of Greenhouse Gases
  9. Reduction of CO2 Using Photosynthetic Cyanobacteria
  10. Combating Global Warming Through Biofuels
  11. Microbes and Global Warming
  12. Microbes as Carbon Sink
  13. Industrial Effluent and Landfill Leachate
  14. Ocean Sequestration of Greenhouse Gases
  15. Transformation of Greenhouse Gases

8 Biodegradation of Xenobiotic Compounds

  1. Main Sources of Xenobiotics in the Environment
  2. Examples of Xenobiotic Compounds
  3. Degradation of Xenobiotics
  4. Microbial Enzymes in Bioremediation
  5. Factors Influencing Biodegradation of Xenobiotics
  6. Limitations of Microbial Remediation
  7. Mode of Action and Toxicity of Xenobiotics

9 Principles of Bioremediation

  1. Introduction to Bioremediation
  2. Bioremediation Methods
  3. Scope of Bioremediation
  4. Bioremediation Strategies – In Situ and Ex Situ Bioremediation and Bioreactors
  5. Factors Affecting the Process of Bioremediation
  6. Risk Assessment (Advantages and Limitations of Bioremediation)
  7. Bioremediation, Sustainable Development, and Future Prospects

10 Bioremediation for Soil Environment

  1. Bioremediation
  2. In Situ Bioremediation
  3. Ex Situ Bioremediation
  4. Bioremediation of Metals
  5. Phytoremediation

11 Bioremediation of the Air Environment

  1. Bioremediation
  2. Bioremediation for Air Pollutants
  3. Biofilters
  4. Biotrickling Filter
  5. Bioscrubber

12 Phytoremediation

  1. Definition, Scope, and Types
  2. Process and Mechanism
  3. Environmental Factors
  4. Advantages, Disadvantages, and Limitations
  5. Phytoremediation in Wetland Ecosystems
  6. Role of Genetically Engineered Plants

13 Biofuels

  1. Biofuels
  2. Categories of Biofuels
  3. Ethanol Production Potential of Biomass
  4. Biodiesel Production Potential of Biomass
  5. Other Renewable Fuel Production Potential of Biomass

14 Bioplastics

  1. What is Plastic?
  2. Present Scenario of Plastics Production
  3. Bioplastic – A Sustainable Alternative to Plastic
  4. Main Groups of Bioplastic
  5. Advantages of Bioplastics
  6. Challenges for Bioplastics

15 Biofertilizers

  1. What are Biofertilizers?
  2. Classification of Biofertilizers
  3. Nitrogen Fixing Biofertilizers
  4. Phosphorus Contributing Biofertilizers
  5. Organic Matter Decomposers

16 Mining and Bioleaching

  1. Beginning of Bioleaching Process
  2. Microorganisms in Bioleaching
  3. Methods in Mineral Recovery
  4. Recovery of Copper by Dump Leaching
  5. Uranium Bioleaching
  6. Microbial Sorption in Metal Recovery

17 Biomarkers

  1. Definition of Biomarkers
  2. Classification of Biomarkers
  3. Application of Biomarkers
  4. Biomarkers in Environmental Monitoring
  5. Future of Biomarkers