This paper will enable students to understand –
Course Outcomes (COs):
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Learning outcome (at course level) |
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MBL 201 |
Microbial Diversity-I |
CO 1 To acquaint the student with the historical account and development of microbiologyas a scientific discipline CO 2 To gain knowledge on different systems of classification. CO 3 Acquire in-depth knowledge of the diversity, distribution,cell structure, life cycles and economic importance of bacteria. CO 4 To understand salient features of different bacterial groups |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, presentations
Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks.
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C A test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Classroom interaction |
Leeuwenhoek’s discovery of microorganisms, theory of abiogenesis and biogenesis, Germ theory of fermentation, Germ theory of diseases.
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.
Bacterial shapes and arrangement, cell membrane, cell wall of bacteria, inclusion bodies, flagella, capsule, slime, fimbriae, and pilli. Bacterial endospores- structure, formation and germination.
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)
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).