UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN MICROBIOLOGY
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester I - Paper I - MCC-101 - General Microbiology

Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Max Marks: 100
Credits: 4

Unit I :

Definition and scope of Microbiology - History and recent developments - spontaneous generation - Biogenesis-contributions of Louis Pasteur - Leewenboek, Lazaro Spallanzani, John Tyndall, Joseh Lister - Robert Koch. Microscopy: simple, compound light microscopy - Dark ground - Phase contrast - Fluorescence and Electron Microscopy. Microbial kingdoms - Five kingdoms - cell theory - Binomial nomenclature of microbes - species concept - Description of organisms - Classical approach with examples.

Unit II :

Anatomy of prokayotes and eukaryotes - structure and function of cell wall, cilia, flagella, slime layer, capsule, pili, cytoplamic membrane and cytoplasmic inclusions, sporulation. Kingdom prokaryotes - classical techniques of microbial identification - morphological, physiological and biochemical properties.

Unit III :

Sterilisation principles - dry heat, moist heat, filtration, Tyndallization, Pasteurization, Radiation - disinfection - Antimicrobial chemotherapy - Antibiotics - source - classification - mode of action - Antimicrobial resistance - Tests for sensitivity to antimicrobial agents and its quality control.

Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Chandigarh, Punjab
Admission To Ph.D. Program : Walk in Interview on July 28, 2008