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Course Name	Turkish	Çevre Mikrobiyolojisi
	English	Environmental Microbiology
Course Code	CEV 213	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	3	3	2	-	2
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Gülsüm Emel Zengin Balcı
Course Objectives		1. To define the importance of the microorganisms 2. To increase the interest to environmental microbiology 3. To give fundamental knowledge of microbiology to construct a basis for the following courses 4. To give the microbial dimension of environmental engineering problems and their solutions 5. To give the ability to conduct experiments 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 water, wastewater and biological treatment systems. Settling properties of activated sludge; problems and solutions. Microbial bioremediation.
Course Outcomes		I. recognition of species and taxonomical groups of microorganisms, II. recognition and distinction of microbial metabolic groups, III. identification of microbial aspects of environmental problems and solutions, IV. application of experimental methods relevant to environmental microbiology field
Pre-requisite(s)		None
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