Microbiology

Paper Code: 
ZOL 502
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
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 & 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

 

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

Virus

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

Mycobacteria: Tuberclosis

Hepatitis (with emphasis on B type)

  • The causative agents, Transmission, Pathogenicity, Laboratory diagnosis, Treatment & Prevention

 

8.00
Unit V: 
UNIT V

cynobacteria(Structural organization and significance),

virus  classification,Lytic & Lysogenic cycles

 yeast- industrial application

Essential Readings: 
  • 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).
  • Salle,S.J. Fundamental Principles of Bacteriology,Tata Mc Graw Hill Pub. Co., New Delhi.
  • Stonier, T.I. Nouderroff, and Adeloverg, E.A. General Microbiology.
  • Jaceb D. Avum Vyas A.D.K. Parichayak suchmjeev vigyan, Ramesh Book Depot,Jaipur
  • Jacob D.Introductory Microbiology,Ramesh Book Depot,Jaipur.

 

Academic Year: 
2015-2016
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