UTechBiotech.org, Kolkata, India

Microbiology
       
    No. of Lectures: 42
  
       
  Recommended Text  
   
  1. Microbial Biotechnology Principles and Applications ed Lee Yuan Kun
  2. Principles of Fermentation Technology. Stanier, Whitaker and Hall
  3. Microbiology. Pelczar, Chan and Krleg
  4. General Microbiology by Stanier
  5. Principles of Bacterial Pathogenesis. Ed EA Groisman
  6. Industrial Microbiology. Prescott and Dunn
  
     
  Lecture Hours Distribution  
   

Classification ; Morphology,cell structure of archaea, bacteria and eukarya

Reproduction and physiology of bacteria and viruses  (bacteria, plant and animals), Isolation and preservation
6 Lectures
       
    Different culture techniques, microbial growth and nutrition, growth measurement techniques
4 Lectures
       
    Microbioloogy of air, water, soil and sewage
2 Lectures
       
    Extremophiles and energetics
3 Lectures
       
    Microbial genetics and pathogenesis ( plant, animal and man)
4 Lectures
       
    Symbiotic and asymbiotic  N- fixation
4 Lectures
       
   

Microbial fermentation: Solid state and sub-merged fermentation, secondary metabolites (amino acids, antibiotics, vitamins), microbial decomposition and recycling processes

6 Lectures
       
    Design of fermentor and production of biofertilizer, enzymes, antibiotics
6 Lectures
       
    Bioremediation by microbes – principle and practice
4 Lectures
       
    Environmental microbiology
3 Lectures
       
   
TOTAL
42 Lectures

 

3 Credit (Theory) means 3 lecture hours each week or 42 lectures per semester.
2 Credit (Lab) means at least 40 hours of lab work per semester.