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Microbiology | Zoology

Microbiology

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Paper Code: 
ZOL- 513
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
Course outcomes: 
This course will enable the students to - 
1. Critique structure of the bacterial cell 
2. Assess genetic material and reproductive methods in bacteria. 
3. Understand the nutritional requirements and culture of the microbes. 
4. Examine the epidemiology of infectious agents including how infectious diseases are  transmitted. 
5. Conjecture interventions employed to prevent infectious diseases including infection control  measures and vaccines. 
 
Course Outcomes (COs):  
 

Course 

Learning outcomes 

(at course level)

Learning and  teaching strategies

Assessment  Strategies 

Paper  

Code

Paper Title

ZOL-513 

Microbiology 

The student will 

CO 90: Analyse the morphology of  bacterial cell, its genetic material and  modes of reproduction 

CO 91: Formulate culture media for  bacterial culture. 

CO 92: Explore epidemiology of  infectious agents including how  infectious diseases are transmitted. CO 93: Investigate the interventions  employed to prevent infectious  diseases including infection control  measure and vaccines

The approach in  teaching: 

Interactive Lectures,  Discussion, Tutorials,  Reading assignments,  Demonstration,  

PowerPoint  

presentations,  

Explanation by videos 

Learning activities for  the students: 

Self  

learningassignments,  Effective questions,  Simulation, Seminar  presentation, Giving  tasks, Field practical

Class test  

Semester end  examinations, Quiz,  

Assignments,  Presentation 

Surprise test 

Open book test

 

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 and gram +vebacteria, Mesosomes; Cytoplasmic organization, Cell projections- Flagella and pili
 
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 and transformation
 
10.00
Unit III: 
UNIT III:
●Microbial nutrition 
   Nutritional types
Nutritional Requirement (Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorus &Sulphar) 
Organic growth factors 
Environmental factors: Temperature, Hydrogen ion concentration, Osmotic pressure 
Microbial growth 
 
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
Unit V: 
UNIT V:
● Cyanobacteria (Structural organization and significance),
● Virus: General Characteristics, structure, classification on the basis of morphology and genetic material
● Lytic & Lysogenic cycles
● yeast- industrial application
 
Essential Readings: 
● P.D. Sharma, Microbiology,Rastogi and Company, Meerut. 
● Microbiological Application,AlfredE.Brown, McGraw.Hill
● Microbiology by Totora, Pearson Education. 
 
References: 
SUGGESTED READINGS:
● Microbial:T.StuartWalker,W.B.Saunders Company 
● Microbiological Application,AlfredE.Brown, McGraw.Hill
● Practical Biochemistry:Principles and Techniques; Keith Wilson& John  Walker;CambridgeUniversity Press. 
● Lechiman, W.Microbiology, Glenced Pub1. Co.New York 
● Nestler, R.L. Microbiology, W.S. Saunders, Philadelphia (Student edition:Holt-Saunders  International Edition, Tokyo). 
● Salle,S.J. Fundamental Principles of Bacteriology,TataMcGraw Hill Pub. Co., New Delhi. ● Stonier, T.I. Nouderroff, and Adeloverg, E.A. General Microbiology. 
● Jacob D.IntroductoryMicrobiology,Ramesh Book Depot,Jaipur. 
● Cruick shank et al. Medical Microbiology.The English Language Book Society,London. 
 David Freifelder-Molecular Biology, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi
 
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