Information Package / Course Catalogue
Food Biotechnology
Course Code: MBTK623
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: English
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 10
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is give an information about role and applicatins of biotechnology in food industry

Course Content

Fermentation Technologies in food industry, fermented meat and milk products, bewerages, by-products in food industry, genetically modified foods, foodborne pathogens, patent regulations.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Be able to get knowledge about fermented foods
2.Be able to recognize biotechnology discipline
3.Be able to understand uses of food by-products
4.Be able to get knowledge about genetically modified foods
5.Be able to understand foodborne pathogens and analyse methods
6.Be able to understand patent regulations
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Gıda biyoteknolojisi
2.Food Biotechnology
3.Microbial Diversity and Biotechnology in Food Security
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Fermentation Technologies in food industry
Week 2 - Theoretical
Fermentation microbiology, preparation of equipments
Week 3 - Practice
Fermentatiom media and starter cultures
Week 4 - Practice
Monitoring and controlling of productive phase
Week 5 - Practice
Analysis of metabolic products and biomass in fermentation (Quiz)
Week 6 - Practice
Citric acid production
Week 7 - Practice
Single cell protein production
Week 8 - Practice
Probiyotik ve prebiyotikler (Midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Yoghurt production in small scale with different starter cultures
Week 10 - Theoretical
Genetically modified foods
Week 11 - Theoretical
Antibody production for oral vaccines (Quiz)
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Biopreservation and microbial analysis during storage of the fermented products.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Food ingredients have impact on microbiota, patent regulations
Week 14 - Practice
Ethanol production from yeast
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures14%5
Quiz2%5
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Lecture - Practice143270
Term Project2114
Reading62436
Individual Work140456
Quiz2114
Midterm Examination1819
Final Examination114115
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)250
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026