• to know basic foundations of the fundamental sciences for further study of professional disciplines;
• to know main industrial strains of microorganisms that are used in biotechnology and methods of their selection by mutagenesis, hybridization and metabolic engineering;
• to be able to apply gained knowledge and understanding to identify, formulate and solve problems of development of biotech industries;
• to know the methods and ways of cultivation, biosynthesis, biotransformation, bioindication and biological testing of biological objects.

Prerequisites:
General microbiology and virology
Biochemistry
Co-requisites:
Genetics (general and molecular)
Theoretical foundations of immunology
Bioengineering (cell and genetic)
Molecular biology

Development of biotechnology. Main components of a biotechnological process. Stages of the biotechnological process. Fermentation processes (industrial biosynthesis). Allocation of products of a microbial synthesis. Biochemical basis of the microbiological synthesis. Biosynthesis of drugs based on biomass. Biosynthesis of primary metabolites. Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. Antibiotics. Biosynthesis of fermentation products. Enzyme synthesis.

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• written reports from laboratory work, oral questioning, final test - 30 points;
• final control (test) – 70 points (written-oral form).