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91780 Environmental Microbiology
Danish title: Miljømikrobiologi
Language: English Credit points: 7,5
Type: Open University
Language: English

No credit points with: 30642
Prerequisite: 91531 eller 24001
Desirable: 91541 eller 91743 eller 24101

Recommended semester: 6th or 7th semester
Scope and form: Lectures
Examination: Written exam and reports (13-scale)
Contact person: Jens Ejbye Schmidt, Building 115, Tel. +45 4525 1429, email jes@er.dtu.dk

Department: Department of Applied Chemistry
Aim: To provide the students with a basic knowledge to the microbial processes and microorganisms involved in biological treatment of ground water, waste water, and organic waste.
Contents: Microbial activity and growth in suspended cultures and in biofilms, microbial degradation of pollutants, microbial processes involved in the removal of nutrients, pathogenic organisms and health aspects, methods for characterization of microbes an their activity in complex biological system.