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Biotechnology Semester III BBT 311: Microbiology II

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Viruses Definition, classification, general characteristics, phage structure, replication cycle, one step growth cycle. Microbial genetics Bacterial chromosome, plasmid, genetic exchanges in bacteria conjugation, transformation, transfection, transduction, recombination, chromosome mapping, use of bacteriophages in genetic studies. Bacterial diseases Hostparasite relationship, epidemiology of cholera, typhoid and tuberculosis, epidemiology of certain viral diseases (hepatitis, influenza and AIDS), diseases of respiratory tract, urinary tract and intestinal tract, antimicrobials. Microorganisms as symbionts Microbial associations (kappa particles in Paramoecium, lichens), microbe plant association (mycorrhizae/ nodules), microbeanimal association (rumen). Significance of probiotics. Extremophiles Habitat, significant biotechnical applications (oil, detergent and starch industry, PCR polymerases). References 1. Biology of Microorganisms, Madigan, M. T., Martinko, J. M. and Parker, J. B., PrenticeHall Publ., New York (2001). 2. Microbial Genetics, Maloy, S. R., Cronan, J. E. and Freifelder, D., Jones and Bartlett Publications, UK (2002). 3. Introduction to Microbiology, 2nd Edn., Ingraham, J. L. and Ingraham, C. A., Thompson Asia Pvt. Ltd., Singapore (2002). 4. Microbiology: An Introduction, 8th Edn., Tortora, G. J., Funke, B. R. and Case, C. L., Pearson Education Inc., Singapore (2004). 5. Brocks Biology of Microorganisms, 11th Edn. Madigan, M. T. and Martinko, J. M., PrenticeHall Publ., New York (2006). 6. Prescott, Harley and Kleins Microbiology, 7th Edn., Willey, J. M., Sherwood, L. M. and Woolverton, C. J., TataMcGraw Hill Publ. , New Delhi (2008). th 7. Ananthnarayan and Panikers Textbook of Microbiology, 8 Edn., Ananthnarayan, R. and Panikar, J., Universal Press, Hyderabad(2009).

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