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Weeks / Topics
1 Cell Chemistry and Biosynthesis
2 Central Metabolic Pathways-I: Bioenergetics, Glycolysis and Simple Fermentation
3 Central Metabolic Pathways-II: Krebs Cycle, Electron Transport Chain, Proton Motive Force, EDP
4 Introduction to Catabolic Diversity
5 Chemolithotrophy: Autotrophy and Calvin Cycle, Oxidation of H2, H2S, Nitrification, Anammox
6 Official holiday
7 Anaerobic Respiration: Autotrophy and Acetyl-CoA Pathway, Denitrification, Sulfate Reduction, Acetogenesis and Methanogenesis
8 Fermentation-I: Homo- and Hetero-Fermentation for Lactic Acid and Acetic Acid Production
9 Fermentation-II: Mixed-, Butyric-, and Propionic-Acid-Fermentations and Syntrophy / MIDTERM
10 Aerobic Respiration and Chemoorganotrophy-I: Degradation of Hydrocarbons
11 Aerobic Respiration and Chemoorganotrophy-II: Degradation of Sugars, Polysaccharides, Organic Acids, and Lipids
12 Volatile Fatty Acid Metabolism, Synthesis and Degradation of Intracellular C-storage Polymers: PHA and Glycogen Examples
13 Fundamentals of Metabolic Regulation: Control of Protein Synthesis and Enzyme Activity
14 Environmental Significance of Metabolic Control Mechanisms
15 Response to Environmental Stress Conditions: shock loadings, intracellular storage phenomena, attached growth (biofilms), etc. / Student Presentations |