SUBJECT TITLE L P C SUBJECT CODE Open Elective. 1 EMT-OE I.5: BIODEGRADATION AND 4 - 4 BIOREMEDIATION UNIT I: FUNDAMENTALS OF BIODEGRADATION- 1: – What is biodegradation? Growth linked biodegradation, acclimation, detoxification, activation, threshold and sorption. Cometabolism and biotrasformation UNIT II FUNDAMENTALS OF BIODEGRADATION- 2 : – Bio-availability, Nonaqueous phase liquids, Effect of chemical structure on biodegradation, recalcitrance, predicting products of biodegradation, Factors affecting biodegradation. Unit-III :BIODEGRADATION OF SPECIFIC COMPOUNDS: Degradation of biopolymers-Cellulose, xylan, starch and other glucans, pectin, lignin, chitin, protein, nucleic acids, lipids and fats and polyhydroxy alkanoates (Bioplastics),
SUBJECT CODE SUBJECT TITLE L P C Open Elective. 1 EMT-OE I.5: BIODEGRADATION AND BIOREMEDIATION 4 - 4 UNIT – I: FUNDAMENTALS OF BIODEGRADATION- 1: What is biodegradation? Growth linked biodegradation, acclimation, detoxification, activation, threshold and sorption. Cometabolism and biotrasformation UNIT – II FUNDAMENTALS OF BIODEGRADATION- 2 : Bio-availability, Nonaqueous phase liquids, Effect of chemical structure on biodegradation, recalcitrance, predicting products of biodegradation, Factors affecting biodegradation. Unit-III :BIODEGRADATION OF SPECIFIC COMPOUNDS: Degradation of biopolymers-Cellulose, xylan, starch and other glucans, pectin, lignin, chitin, protein, nucleic acids, lipids and fats and polyhydroxy alkanoates (Bioplastics),