Microbial Diversity-I

Paper Code: 
MBL 201
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45
Objective: 

This paper will enable students: • To have an insight in to history of microbiology • To study different types of classification systems • To understand the structure of bacterial cell • To study salient features of different bacterial groups

4.00
Unit I: 
Discovering the microbial world

Leeuwenhoek’s discovery of microorganisms, theory of abiogenesis and biogenesis, Germ theory of fermentation, Germ theory of diseases.

8.00
Unit II: 
Classification of microorganisms

Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cell structure: Levels of classification, Haeckels three kingdom concept, Whittakers five kingdom concept, three domain concept of Carl Woese and major characters of primary domains.

11.00
Unit III: 
Form and function of bacteria: Internal structure

Bacterial shapes and arrangement, cell membrane, cell wall of bacteria, inclusion bodies, flagella, capsule, slime, fimbriae, and pilli. Bacterial endospores- structure, formation and germination.

12.00
Unit IV: 
The world of Bacteria- I

A brief outline of bacterial classification according to Bergey’s manual of systematic bacteriology second edition (2004) with salient features of the following:  

Proteobacteria: alphaproteobacteria (Rickettsia), betaproteobacteria (Thiobacillus), gamma proteobacteria (Pseudomonas, E. coli), deltaproteobacteria (Myxococcus) and epsilonproteobacteria (Campylobacter); Non proteobacteria Gram negative bacteria (cyanobacteria, purple and green photosynthetic bacteria)

10.00
Unit V: 
The world of Bacteria- II

A brief outline of bacterial classification according to Bergey’s manual of systematic bacteriology second edition (2004) with salient features of the following: 

Gram positive bacteria:  firmicutes (Mycoplasma, Staphylococcus and Streptococcus), Actinobacteria (Streptomyces, Mycobacterium), Chlamydiae, Spirochaetes, Archaebacteria (halophiles and thermophiles).

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 

1. Microbiology ,5th edition M J Pelczar, E C S Chan, N R Kreig, Tata Mc Graw Publication, 2006 2. Microbiology-a Laboratory Manual, 6th edition, J G Cappuccino and N Sherman, Addison Wesley, Pearson Education, Inc., 2006 3. Microbiology-an introduction, 9th edition G.J. Tortora, B.R. Funke, C.L. Case Pearson Education, Inc., 2007

REFERENCES: 

4. General Microbiology, R Y Stanier, J L Ingharam, M L Wheelies, P R Painter, Mac Millan Education Ltd, 1999 5. Laboratory fundamentals of microbiology, I E Alcamo, Jones and Barlett Publishers, 2001 6. Microbiology , 6th edition, Prescott, Harley, Klein, Mc Graw Hill Companies, 2005 7. Microbiology Fundamentals and Applications ,2nd edition, R M Atlas, Maxwell Macmillan International Edition, 1989

Academic Year: 
2018-2019
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