Subsections
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- Introduction to the Microbial World: Important events in the history and development of microbiology; Members of the microbial world; Scope and relevance of microbiology in medicine, ecology, agriculture, space research and industry (pharmaceutical, biotech, food & dairy industries); Perspectives and future scopes in microbiology.
- Microbial Evolution and Diversity: The origin of life, three domains of life (Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya);Evolutionary processes and the endosymbiotic origin of mitochondria and chloroplasts; Techniques for determining microbial taxonomy and diversity.
- Cellular Architecture and Functions of Microorganisms: Microscopic techniques to study prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms;Cellular architectureand functions of bacteria, fungi and protists.
- Microbial Growth: DNA replication and cell division in bacteria; Techniques measuring bacterial growth.
- Microbial Ecology: Biogeochemical cycles; Biofilms and microbial mats; Microbial interactions; Microbiota of the human body.
- Symbiosis: Bacterial interactions with plants and animals; Endosymbionts;Mycorrhiza.
- Virus Structure and Function: General structural properties of animal, plant and bacterial viruses;Virus life cycle.
- J. Willey, L. Sherwood, and C. Woolverton, Prescott, Harley, and Klein's Microbiology, (Seventh Edition), McGraw-Hill International Edition (2008).
- J. T. Stanley , R. P. Gunsalus , S. Lory , and J. J. Perry Microbial Life, (Second Edition), Sinauer Associates (2007).
