Environmental Microbiology
Teaching Staff: To be announced
Course Code: ΤΠ-80043
Course Type: Elective
Course Level: Undergraduate
Course Language: Greek
Semester: 8th
ECTS: 4
Teaching Units: 3
Teaching Hours: 3
Short Description:
- Introduction to Microbiology
- Cellular structure
- Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic micro-organisms
- Evolutionary course of microorganisms - Biological evolution & creation of life
- Metabolism of heterotrophic micro-organisms
- Nutrition and physiology of microorganisms
- Microbial development
- Micro-organisms as biogeochemical agents
- Aquatic microbiology (Water -sewage)
- Microbiological water quality
- Resolution of faecal water contamination problems - environmental protection
- Organic Cleaning of Municipal Waste
- Removal of pathogenic micro-organisms during waste water treatment
- Other ways of sanitizing waste water and active sludge. Reuse of Treated Waste
- Factors affecting the survival of viruses in the environment. Fate of pathogenic microorganisms in the soil
- Modern Environmental Problems/Climate Change and Microorganisms
- Environmental Microbiology applications in environmental protection: Bio-cleaning, biological waste water treatment, biodegradation
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