270031 Starter and Non-Starter Cultures for Dairy Products

Detaljer
Inst. for Fødevarevidenskab
Tidligst mulig placeringBachelor 3. år til Kandidat 2. år
VarighedEn blok
 
Pointværdi7.5 (ECTS)
KursustypeFælleskursus
 
EksamenSluteksamen

mundtlig eksamen


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Beskrivelse af eksamen: Individual oral exam (30 min. incl. evaluation) will include presentation and questioning of project report (15-20 min.), but also general knowledge within starter and non-starter cultures and adventious microflora (including patogens and spoilage microorganisms) will be tested (5-10 min).

Vægtning: 100% Oral exam in project report and curriculum



7-trinsskala, intern censur
 
Forudsætninger for indstilling til eksamenProject report handed over to course responsible wednesday before 15:00 week 8 in block 2
 
Rammer for undervisningLectures and practicals are concentrated in the first 4 weeks throughout the available time. This period is also used to formulate the course project. Colloqia will be held at end of formulation period and midterm of project period. One excursion.
 
BlokplaceringBlock 2
Ugestruktur: C
 
UndervisningssprogEngelsk
 
Anbefalede forudsætningerLactic Acid Bacteria Microbiology
 
Begrænset deltagerantalMax. 30
 
Kompetenceområder
The course is obligatory for the M.Sc. Dairy Science specialization and contribute to obtain competance in basic science on classical and molecular characterization of starter and non-starter bacteria, the relevance of starter and non-starter bacteria physiology and genetics in relation to their use in foods.
Competance obtained within applied science:
Comprehend role of starter and non-starter bacteria in fermented dairy products.
Comprehend principles for starter production. Apply principles for species and strain identification of dairy organisms.
Knowledge on most important spoilage and pathogens in dairy products.
Competance obtained within ethics and Values:
Are able to discuss obtained results from project work
Competance in relation to the dairy specialization: Be able to use and evaluate dairy microbial infomation in dairy processes. Understand the principles of starter bacteria as ingrediens in dairy products.
 
Kursets målsætning
The aim of the course is to give the students a thorough knowledge of primary and secondary starter cultures for dairy products, including the adventious microflora associated with cheese. Through the project work the course will also give the students additional knowledge on microbiological analysis on some organisms. Knowledge of the most important spoilage and patogens in dairy products has also been obtained.
 
Kursusindhold
The course will be project oriented and the projects will be coordinated with projects from "Cheese Technology" if possible. It is therefore recomended that "Starter and Non-starter cultures for dairy products" and "Cheese Technology" are taken simultaneously.

The cource will contain lectures on primary (Lactic acid bacteria) and secondary (Yeasts, molds, propionibacterium, red smear microflora) starter cultures used for production of fermented dairy products. In addition lectures on non-starter lactic acid bacteria and their role in cheese ripening will be covered,as well as pathogenic and spoilage microflora will be covered. Lectures will be concentrated in the first part of the cource.

The projects will contain teoretical and practical parts. They will mainly focus on cheese microflora including primary and secondary starter cultures, non-starter LAB, inhibitory substances and bacteriophages. The basic techniques learned in "Lactic Acid Bacteria Microbiology" will be applied in the practical part.

The colloqia will be related to the projects and will include presentations of the project plan and midterm result.

An excursion to a starter company will be included.

 
Undervisningsform
The course will have lectures and practical exercises mainly located in the beginning of the cource. The lectures and practical exercises support the group projects. Practical exercises also complement previous knowledge obtained from "Lactic Acid Bacteria Microbiology" related to "strain typing" and "real-time PCR quantification" These are also conducted in the start of the course. In addition a group project (2-3 students per group) containing teoretical and practical parts are included. They are initated in week 2 (literature searches etc.). The project are related to the microbiology of fermented dairy products. In colloqium form the project plan (week 3-4) and mid term project results (week 5-6) are presented. An excursion to a starter company will be included.
 
Målbeskrivelse
Stipulated in "Areas of Competence the Course Will Address"
 
Litteraturhenvisninger
S. Salminen, A. von Wright, & A. Ouwehand. Lactic Acid Bacteria, Microbiological and functional aspects. 3. ed. Marcel Dekker 2004 (selected chapters)

Reviews and Original litterature

Overhead and notes

Laboratory manuals
 
Kursusansvarlig
Finn Kvist Vogensen, fkv@life.ku.dk, Institut for Fødevarevidenskab/Fødevaremikrobiologi, Tlf: 35333211
 
Studienævn
Studienævn LSN
 
Kursusbeskrivelsesomfang
forelæsninger15
kollokvier10
ekskursioner6
projektarbejde90
eksamen1
vejledning10
forberedelse74

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