Unit 1: Introduction to microbial world

Unit 2: Viruses

Unit 3: Bacteria

Practical 1: Aseptic methods

Practical 2: Differential staining (Gram staining)

Practical 3: Microscopic examination of bacteria from natural habitats

Anchor 1

Nutrition

Growth

Metabolism

Virus Importance

vaccine production

role in medicine

Plant viruses

importance of bacteria

agriculture

Antibiotic

industry

Fermentation

Anchor 2

Discovery

physiochemical

biological characteristics

classification

general structure

TMV

T2-Phage

viroids

prions

lytic

lysogenic cycle

Anchor 3

Discovery

general characteristics

Bacterial Taxonomy

Bergey’s Man. of Syst. Bact.

Archaea

Eubacteria

mycoplasma

spheroplasts

Cell structure

Bacterial Chromosome

extra-chromosomal

Nutritional types

Vegetative Reproduction

genetic recombination

transformation

conjugation

transduction

Endospore

Aseptic method

Anchor 4

Anchor 6

Gram staining

Anchor 5

bacteria from curd

Root noules