Bacteriology

• Cell wall structure and synthesis, cell membrane,. Flagella and motility, chemotaxis Pili, Cell inclusions like Glycogen granules, Volutin granules, Carboxysomesetc, Slime sheet and capsule.
• Endospre structure and formation, stages of sporulation, activation germination and outgrowth of bacterial endospres

• General characters and structure of Spirochetes, cyanobacteria, purple and green bacteria, rickettsia, Chlamydia and mycoplasma                                                                 
• Gram positive bacteria- endospore forming bacteria, actinomycetes, mycobacteria. Archaebacteria-methanotrophs, halophiles and sulphur bacteria.

• The definition of growth, mathematical expression of growth, growth curve, measurement of growth and growth yields, Synchronous growth, Continuous, Batch and Fed Batch Culture; Growth as affected by environmental factors like temperature, pH , activity of water and gaseous environment, maintenance and preservation of microorganisms

• Classification of microorganisms-introduction,Haekels three kingdom concept- Whittaker’s five kingdom concept-three domain concept of Carl Woese Characteristics of primary domains
• Classification and salient features of bacteria according to Bergey’s manual of systematic bacteriology(a brief outline)
• Morphlogical types of bacteria
• Nutritional classification of bacteria

·         Chemotaxonomy (cell wall components, isoprenoid - quinones, amino acid sequence ofproteins, protein profiles, cytochrome composition , ribosomal RNA, etc)

·         Genetic methods in taxonomy (PCR and DNA Fingerprinting as Identification Tools forBacteria, DNA base composition and hybridisation,  nucleic acid hybridization, ribotyping; Ribosomal RNA sequencing, molecular chronometers)

Culture collections