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| Topic 1 |
INTRODUCTORY MICROBIOLOGY |
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Groups of microorganisms |
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Importance of microorganisms |
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Microbial evolution |
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| Topic 2 |
History of Microbiology |
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Spontaneous Generation of Organisms |
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Golden Era of Microbiology (1860-1910) |
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Germ Theory of Disease |
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Viral Diseases and Immunization |
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Microbiology in 20th Century |
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Nobel prizes awarded in the subject related in Microbiology Research |
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Noteworthy Events in the Development of Industrial Microbiology |
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| Topic 3 |
Scope of Mcrobiology |
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A summary of the major fields of applied microbiology |
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Microbial effect on organic and inorganic matter |
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Importance of Microorganisms to the Biosphere |
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Composition of microbial world |
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| Topic 4 |
The Microscopic examination of microorganisms |
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Microscopes and microscopy |
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Bright field microscopy |
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Resolving power |
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Numerical aperture |
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Limit of Resolution |
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Magnification |
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| Topic 5 |
Microbiological stains |
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Fixed, stained smears |
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Simple staining |
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Differential staining |
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Gram staining |
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| Topic 6 |
Structure and organization of bacteria |
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size, shape and arrangements of bacterial cells |
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Bacterial structures |
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Different parts of attachment of a flagellum in Gram-negative bacterium |
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Capsules and slime |
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Fimbriae and pili |
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Sheaths |
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Prosthecae and stalks |
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Cell Wall |
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| Topic 7 |
Outer membrane |
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Techoic acids |
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Cell membrane |
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Mesosomes and Cytoplasm |
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Ribosomes and Cellular reserve materials |
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Endospores |
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Cysts and Archaebacteria |
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| Topic 8 |
Growth Media |
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Types of media |
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Media for enumeration of bacteria and Media for characterization of bacteria |
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Maintenance media |
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Preparation of media |
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| Topic 9 |
Nutrition and growth of microorganisms |
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Carbon requirement |
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Nitrogen and sulphur requirement |
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Classification based on O2 requirement |
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| Topic 10 |
Nutritional classification |
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Other mineral requirement |
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Growth factors |
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Vitamins and their functions |
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| Topic 11 |
Microbial growth |
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Batch culture |
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Methods of determining growth |
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Mathematics of bacterial growth |
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Continuous cultures |
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Synchronous culture |
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Di-auxic growth |
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Factors affecting growth and growth rates |
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Measurement of yeast growth |
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Measurement of fungal growth |
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| Topic 12 |
VIRUSES |
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Structure of virions |
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Morphology of Well known viruses |
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Bacteriophages |
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| Topic 13 |
Lytic and lysogenic cycle |
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Diseases |
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Plant viruses |
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Classification of virus |
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| Topic 14 |
Microbial Genetics – Basic Concepts |
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Genotype and phenotype AND DNA and chromosomes |
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Enzymes that associated with DNA |
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DNA replication |
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Transcription |
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Translation |
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Plasmids |
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Gene regulation and expression |
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| Topic 15 |
The operon model of gene expression |
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Importance of microbial genetics |
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Genetic Recombination |
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I.Transformation |
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II.Transduction |
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III. Conjugation |
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Other Genetic Recombinations |
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| Topic 16 |
Mutation |
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Mutant identification |
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Replica plating technique |
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Spontaneous and induced mutation |
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Mutagens |
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Site directed mutation |
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| Topic 17 |
Interrelationship between microorganism: Beneficial and harmful relationships |
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Interrelationship between microorganisms : Beneficial and harmful relationship |
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Beneficial / positive interactions |
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| Topic 18 |
Negative / harmful / deleterious interactions |
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Antagonism |
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Predation |
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Importance of Soil fertility |
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| Topic 20 |
Acknowledgement |
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