MICROBIAL DIVERSITY- I

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

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

 

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Upon completion of the course learners will be able to:

CO 17: differentiate between theory of abiogenesis and biogenesis and conceptualize  Germ theory of fermentation and diseases

CO 18: examine different classification of microorganisms

CO 19: interpret and summarize the structure and function of bacterial cell

CO 20: assess the salient features of various bacteria according to Bergey’s manual including some Proteobacteria and Gram negative bacteria

CO 21: assess the salient features of various bacteria according to Bergey’s manual including some Gram Positive bacteria and Archaebacteria.

Class lectures

Seminars

Tutorials

Group discussions and Workshops

Question preparation

 

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects
 

 

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, Whittakersfive 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: 
  • Microbiology ,5th edition M J Pelczar, E C S Chan, N R Kreig, Tata Mc Graw Publication, 2019
  • Microbiology-a Laboratory Manual, 10th edition, J G Cappuccino and N Sherman, Addison Wesley, Pearson Education, Inc., 2014
  • Microbiology-an introduction, 13th edition G.J. Tortora, B.R. Funke, C.L. Case Pearson Education, Inc., 2020
  • Prescott’s Microbiology , 11th edition, J Willey, K Sandman, D Wood,  Mc Graw Hill Companies, 2019

 

REFERENCES: 

SUGGESTED READINGS:

  • Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 14th edition M T Madigan, J M Martinko, K S Bender, D H Buckley, D A Stahl, Pearson Education, Inc., 2017
  • General Microbiology, 5th edition R Y Stanier, J L Ingharam, M L Wheelies, P R Painter, Mac Millan Education Ltd, 1999
  • Fundamentals of microbiology, 11th edition J C. Pommerville, Jones &Barlett Publishers, 2017
  • Microbiology Fundamentals and Applications ,2nd edition, R M Atlas, Maxwell Macmillan International Edition, 1989

 

e RESOURCES:

JOURNALS:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Journal of & Letters in Applied Microbiology
  • FEMS Microbiology Letters
  • PLOS ONE
  • Nature

 

Academic Year: 
2022-2023
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