MYCOLOGY & PHYCOLOGY

Paper Code: 
24MBL127
Credits: 
02
Contact Hours: 
30
Objective: 

Course Objectives: This course will enable the students to assess the morphology, characteristics and economic importance and applications of Fungi and Algae.

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcome

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course

title

24MBL 127

Mycology and Phycology

(Theory)

CO37: Assess the general characteristics and classification of fungi and analyze their diversity, and ubiquity

CO38: Evaluate different classes of fungi.

CO39: Compare and contrast the distribution, morphology and classification of algae and lichens and assess various methods of  isolation and cultivation of algae.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

CO40: Analyze and explain the distinguishing features of different classes of algae.

CO41: Discuss various economic importance of algae and fungi and develop the novel applications

CO42: Contribute effectively in course specific interaction

Approach in teaching:  Interactive lectures,

Demonstration.

 

Learning activities for the students:

Group discussions and workshops, Seminars,

Tutorials,

Assignments

Reading Journals

 Class test, Semester end

  examinations,                    Quiz        

Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects
 

 

6.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to fungi

Occurrence and distribution, thallus structure, characteristics, nutrition, Ainsworth and Sussman classification, fungi and ecosystem: saprophytic, parasitic, mutualistic and symbiotic relationship with plants and animals, reproduction in fungi: asexual, sexual and parasexual.

 

6.00
Unit II: 
Study of the different classes of fungi

Salient features of division and sub division of Myxomycota, Mastigomycota, Zygomycota, Ascomycotina, Basidiomycotina and Deuetromycotina.

 

6.00
Unit III: 
Salient Features of Algae

Distribution, morphology and classification of algae. Isolation from soil and water, algal ecology, media and methods used for cultivating algae. Lichens- ascolichen, basidiolichen, deuterolichen.

 

5.00
Unit IV: 
Study of the different classes of Algae

Occurrence, thallus organization and reproduction in Chlorophyceae, Euglenophyceae, Phaeophyceae, Pyrrophyceae and diatoms.

 

7.00
Unit V: 
Economic importance of algae and fungi

Economic importance of algae as primary producers and commercial products. Uses of algae in heavy metal removal, algal blooms and toxins. Economic importance of Mycorrhiza: ecto-endo and ect-endo, Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, fungi as biocontrol agents, Mycotoxins, potential application in Agriculture, environment, industry, food.

 

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 

ESSENTIAL READINGS:

  • Alexopoulos, C.J. and C.W. Mims 1979. Introduction to Mycology (3rd Ed.) Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Del
  • Charlile M. & Watkinson S.C. The Fungi, Publisher: Academic Press.
  • Linda E. Graham, James Graham, James M. Graham: Algae (2009)
  • Burnett J.H., Publisher: Edward, Arnold Crane Russak: Fundamentals of Mycology
  • Pelczar, M. J., Reid, R. D., & Chan, E. C.  Microbiology (5th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. 2001.
  • Willey, J. M., Sherwood, L., Woolverton, C. J., Prescott, L. M., & Willey, J. M. Prescott’s Microbiology. New York: McGraw-Hill. 2011.
  • Matthai, W., Berg, C. Y., & Black, J. G. Microbiology, Principles and Explorations. Boston, MA: John Wiley & Sons. 2005.
  • Mehrotra, R.S. and Aneja, K.R.  An Introduction to Mycology, New Age International Publishers. 2015.

SUGGESTED READINGS:

  • E.Moore –Landeekeer: Fundamentals of the fungi, Publisher: Prentice Hall.
  • L. Barsanti, Paolo Gualtieri: Algae: anatomy, biochemistry, and biotechnology
  • AyhanDemirbas, M. FatihDemirbas: Algae Energy: Algae as a New Source ofBiodiesel (2010)

e RESOURCES:

JOURNALS:

  • Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences
  • Indian Journal of Microbiology
  • Fungal Biology
  • Journal of Phycology

 

Academic Year: 
2024-2025
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