Microbiology
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Microbiology Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Microbiology (subject code 3140408) as prescribed for Biotech · Semester 4 divides the course into 6 units, covering 39 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3140408)Unit 1 Basics of Microbiology
- History and Scope of Microbiology
- Distinctive characteristics of major group of micro organisms
- Basic microbiology and applied microbiology
Unit 2 Microscopic techniques
- Visulization of cells and subcellular components by light microscopy
- resolving powers of different microscopes
- microscopy of living cells
- scanning and transmission microscopes
- different fixation and staining techniques for EM, freeze-etch and freeze- fracture methods for EM, image processing methods in microscopy
- confocal microscopy for live cell imaging
Unit 3 Bacterial Taxonomy and Diversity
- Microbial taxonomy and evolution of diversity
- classification of microorganisms
- criteria for classification
- classification of bacteria
- acetic acid bacteria
- lactic and propionic acid bacteria
- endospore forming bacteria
- Mycobacteria and Mycoplasma
- Archaea: Halophiles
- Hyperthermophilic archaea
- Techniques of genetical and molecular characterization of the organisms – GC%
- conserved sequences and 16S rRNA analysis
- allied phylogenetically useful genes
- Subject Code: 3140408 Reproduction and growth of bacteria
- Quantitative measurement of bacterial growth
- Nutritional requirements and nutritional types of bacteria
Unit 4 Fungi – Molds and yeast
- Characteristics and morphology of fungi
- Some fungi of importance
- Molds and their associations with other organisms
Unit 5 Viruses
- General characteristics of bacterial viruses
- morphology and classfication
- multiplication and lysogeny
- Morphology of animal viruses
- cultivation of animal and plant viruses
Unit 6 Microbial ecology
- Culture independent and culture dependent methods of analysis of microbial communities
- biogeochemistry and nutrient cycles
- microbial environments and microenvironments
- microbial biofilms
- terrestrial habitat and aquatic habitat
- Present status of microbial taxonomy and ecology
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