MOOCs Workshop June 2023

In this course we will be discussing about Basics and applications of industrial microbiology for production of various types of products. Industrial microbiology is the study of large scale profit motivated production of microorganisms or their products for direct use or as an input for manufacturing of other products. for example yeast is produced at large scale and it is directly used as a source of single cell protein, this is also used in bakery industry for production of various kinds of bakery products and its product alcohol may be directly used as alcoholic beverage or it can be used in manufacturing of perfumes and other pharmaceutical products . Fermentation is the basic biochemical process for production of different type of Industrially important products. Fermentation involves the cultivation of microorganisms under controlled conditions for Optimum growth of microorganisms and maximum production of the target product. A fermentation  process should have  producer microorganism, substrate, maintenance of  fermentation conditions, downstream processing of the  the product, effluent treatment and facilities for packaging and marketing.First  step is isolation of microorganisms ,soil is major source for isolation of  industrially important microorganisms. The microbial cultures can be procured from a culture collection center.Primary and secondary are screening of microorganisms   is carried out to study the characteristics of potential producer strain. Mutation, Recombination and Recombinant DNA Technology are approaches for strain improvement for higher production of product. Fermentation medium is a medium which is used at industrial scale for production of valuable product. In industrial microbiology, sterilization of medium is carried out along with sterilization of the bioreactor. Students will get aware of industrial production of   various microbial metabolites including  amino acids, alcoholic beverages, enzymes, antibiotics, vitamins, organic acids .