MICROORGANISM DIVERSITY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Paper Code: 
CMBL 301
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60
Objective: 

Course Outcomes (COs):

    Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

  
 

Upon completion of the course the learner will:

CO 21:  Analyze the ultrastructure of bacteria

CO 22: Interpret and compare the salient features of different microbial groups.

 CO 23: Assess the photosynthetic and respiratory pathways.

CO 24:Analyze various characteristics of Virus and Protozoa.

CO 25: Analyze various characteristics of Fungi and Algae.

Interactive Lectures,

Discussion,

Tutorials,

Demonstrations,

Assignments

Reading Journals

 

 

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

  

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Ultra structure of bacteria

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

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Bacterial World

A brief outline of bacterial classification according to Bergey’s manual of systematic bacteriology second edition (2004) with salient features of the following:  Proteobacteria: Rickettsia, Pseudomonas, E. coli, Myxococcus, Campylobacter; Non proteobacteria Gram negative bacteria (cyanobacteria, purple and green photosynthetic bacteria); Gram positive bacteria: Mycoplasma, Staphylococcus and Streptococcus, Actinobacteria (Streptomyces, Mycobacterium), Chlamydiae, Spirochaetes, Archaebacteria (halophiles and thermophiles).

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Photosynthetic and Respiratory Pathways

Oxygenic & anoxygenic photosynthesis, photophosphorylation, Calvin cycle. Glycolysis, Oxidative pentose phosphate pathway, Entner- Doudoroff pathway, fermentative pathways, Yeast fermentation, Lactic acid fermentation, Acetic acid fermentation, Krebs cycle, ETC, oxidative and substrate level phosphorylation.

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Viruses and Protozoa

Virus classification schemes of ICTV / ICNV. Morphology and ultra-structure of viruses; capsids & their arrangements; envelopes and their composition, viral genome and their types; virus related agents (viroids, prions). Bacteriophages: structural organization, Lytic and Lysogenic cycle, One step growth curve.Protozoa- Occurrence, classification, Morphology and reproduction (asexual and sexual reproduction) Characteristics and importance of some major Protozoans- Amoeba,Paramecium, Plasmodium.

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Fungi and Algae

An Introduction to fungi- General features of fungi, Classification of fungi, according to Alexopoulos and Mims (1979). General characteristics of the following groups of Fungi, Oomycets, Zygomyetes, Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes and Deuteromycetes. Homothallism and heterothallism.An introduction to Algae- General features of algae, Modern classification of algae, General characteristics of the following groups of Algae: Chlorophyceae, Phaeophyceae, Pyrrophyceae and Diatoms. Lichens- Structural organization.Economic importance of Fungi, algae and lichens.

 

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
  • Microbial Physiology and Metabolism, 2nd edition, D R Caldwell, Brown Publishers, 1999
  • Microbial Physiology, 4th edition, A G Moat and J W Foster, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2011
  • Biological Nitrogen Fixation, 1st edition, F J de Bruijn, Wiley- Blackwell Publishers, 2015

 

 

REFERENCES: 

SUGGESTED READINGS:

  • Advances in Microbial Physiology, 1st edition, R K Poole, Academic Press, 2006
  • 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

 

e RESOURCES:

 

JOURNALS:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Journal of & Letters in Applied Microbiology
  • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
  • BMC Microbiology
  • FEMS Microbiology Letters
  • PLOS ONE
  • Nature

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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