Industrial Biotechnology
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The official GTU curriculum for Industrial Biotechnology (subject code BE05004041) as prescribed for Biotech · Semester 5 divides the course into 5 units, covering 21 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (BE05004041)Unit 1 Introduction to Industrial Bioprocess
- Biotechnology: Scope and importance
- Commercial potential of Biotechnology in India
- Historical overview of industrial fermentation process -traditional and modern Biotechnology
- Industrial Fermentation- microorganisms
- mode of operation
- fermentation processes- pictorial representation. 10 Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering Level: UG Branch: Biotechnology Subject Code: BE05004041 Subject Name: Industrial Biotechnology
Unit 2 Production of Primary Metabolites
- A brief outline of processes for the production of some commercially important organic acids (citric acid
- lactic acid & acetic acid)
- amino acids (glutamic acid & tryptophan) and alcohols (ethanol & butanol)
Unit 3 Production of Secondary Metabolites
- Production processes for various classes of secondary metabolites: antibiotics (penicillin streptomycin & erythromycin)
- vitamins (Vit B12 and Vit B2) and steroid biotransformation
Unit 4 Production of Enzymes and Other Bioproducts
- Production of industrial enzymes (proteases & amylases)
- Production of biopesticide
- bio-preservative (Nisin)
- biopolymers (xanthan gum & PHB)
- cheese, SCP
Unit 5 Production of Modern Biotechnology Products
- Production of recombinant proteins having therapeutic and diagnostic applications (insulin
- human growth hormone)
- Production of recombinant vaccines (Hepatitis B vaccine
- cholera vaccine)
- production of monoclonal antibodies
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