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Course Name	Turkish	Environmental Microbiology
	English	Environmental Microbiology
Course Code	CEV 203E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	3	-	2	1	2
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Ebru Dülekgürgen
Course Objectives		1. To emphasize the importance of microorganisms 2. To increase interest in environmental microbiology 3. To convey fundamental knowledge of microbiology so to construct a basis for the following related courses 4. To give the microbial dimension of environmental engineering problems and their solutions 5. To develop the ability to (design and) conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data in environmental microbiology applications
Course Description		Microbial diversity. Description and characteristics of bacteria, archaea, protozoa, algae, fungi, viruses. Carbon and energy flow in microorganisms (glycolysis, Krebs cycle, electron transport system). Aerobic and anaerobic respiration and photosynthesis. Enzymes and their functions. Microorganisms important for environmental engineering: Microbiology of air, water, soil, wastewater and biological treatment systems. Settling properties of activated sludge; problems and solutions. Natural microbial ecosystems. Microbial bioremediation.
Course Outcomes		Students completing this course will gain the skills of; I. recognizing species and taxonomical groups of microorganisms, II. recognizing and distinguishing microbial metabolic groups, III. identifying microbial aspects of environmental problems and solutions,
Pre-requisite(s)		None
Required Facilities		Microbiology Lab Access to Internet
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Textbook		Madigan M.T., Martinko J.M., Dunlap P.V. and Clark D.P. (2009). “Brock Biology of Microorganisms”, 12th edn., Pearson Education Inc., Glenview IL, USA, ISBN: 978-0321-53615-0. [Mustafa İnan Merkez Kütüphane: QR41.2 .B76 2009 / Mustafa İnan Main Library: QR41.2 .B76 2009] OR Madigan M.T., Martinko J.M., Stahl D.A. and Clark D.P. (2012). “Brock Biology of Microorganisms”, 13th edn., Pearson Education Inc., Glenview IL, USA, ISBN: 978-0321-73551-5. [Mustafa Inan Main Library: QR41.2 .B76 2012]
Other References		1. Tortora G.J., Funke B.R., Case C (2013). “Microbiology, an introduction”, 12th edn., Pearson Benjamin Cummings, San Francisco, USA, ISBN: 978-0321929150. [Mustafa Inan Main Library: QR41.2 .T67 2013] 2. Seviour R.J. and Blackall, L.L. (1999). “The Microbiology of Activated Sludge”, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, ISBN: 0-412-79380-6. [Mustafa Inan Main Library: TD756 .M53 1999] 3. Bitton G. (1994). “Wastewater Microbiology”, Wiley-Liss, NY, USA, ISBN 0471309869 [Mustafa Inan Main Library: QR48 .B58 1994] 4. Alcamo I.E. (1997). “Fundamentals of Microbiology“, Benjamin Cummings, CA, USA, ISBN: 0805305327. [Mustafa Inan Main Library: QR41.2 .A43 1997] 5. Leboffe, M.J. and Pierce B.E. (1996). “A Photographic Atlas for the Microbiology Laboratory”, 3rd edn., Morton Publishing Co, Colorado, USA, ISBN: 9780895826565. [Mustafa Inan Main Library: QR54 .L43 2005] 6. Jenkins, D., Richard, M.G., Daigger, G.T. (2004). “Manual on the causes and control of activated sludge bulking, foaming, and other solids separation problems”, 3rd edn., Lewis Publishers, Inc., Boca-Rota, USA, ISBN: 9781566706476. [Mustafa Inan Main Library: TD756 .J46 2004]

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