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Microbiology
Paper Code:
ZOL 513
Credits:
3
Contact Hours:
30.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
9.00
Unit I:
UNIT I :
Brief introduction to the history of Microbiology
- Work of Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
- Work of Louis Pasteur, John Tyndall, Robert Koch & Jenner
Prokaryota(Bacteria)
- Size, shape & pattern of arrangement
- Structural Organization—Slime layer(Capsule) Cell envelope, Cytoplasmic membrane(Inner membrane), Cell wall(Outer membrane) of gram-ve & gram +ve bacteria, Mesosomes; Cytoplasmic organization, Cell projections- Flagella & pilli
8.00
Unit II:
UNIT II :
Genetic material of bacteria: Chromosomes, Plasmids, Replication of bacterial DNA
Reproduction in Bacteria: Asexual reproduction: Binary fission, budding, Endospore formation& cyst formation Sexual reproduction: Conjugation
Transduction ,Bacterial recombination &transformation
10.00
Unit III:
UNIT III
Microbial nutrition culture of Bacteria
- Carbon & energy source
- Nitrogen & minerals
- Organic growth factors
- Microbial growth
Environmental factors: Temperature, Hydrogen ion concentration
10.00
Unit IV:
UNIT IV
Bacteria of medical importance:
Gram +ve:
- Cocci : Staphylococci, Streptococci
- Bacilli: Diptheria, Tetanus
Gram –ve:
- Cocci: Gonnorrhea, Meningitis
- Bacilli: Diarrhoea
The causative agents, Transmission, Pathogenecity, Laboratory diagnosis, Treatment & Prevention of:
- Mycobacteria: Tuberculosis
- Hepatitis (with emphasis on B type)
8.00
Cyanobacteria (Structural organization and significance),
Virus classification, Lytic & Lysogenic cycles
Yeast- industrial application
Essential Readings:
- Jacob D.Introductory Microbiology,Ramesh Book Depot,Jaipur.
- P.D. Sharma, Microbiology,Rastogi and Company, Merrut.
- David Freifelder-Molecular Biology, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi.
- Salle,S.J. Fundamental Principles of Bacteriology,Tata Mc Graw Hill Pub. Co., New Delhi.
References:
- Microbial:T.Stuart Walker,W.B.Saunders Company
- Microbiological Application,Alfred E.Brown,McGraw.Hill
- Practical Biochemistry:Principles &Techniques; Keith Wilson& John Walker;Cambridge University Press.
- Lechiman, W.Microbiology, Glenced Pub1. Co. New York
- Nestler, R.L. Microbiology, W.S. Saunders, Philadelphia (Student edition:Holt-Saunders International Edition, Tokyo).
- Stonier, T.I. Nouderroff, and Adeloverg, E.A. General Microbiology.
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