Micro 501: Principles of Microbiology
Credit Hours: 3+1 (3+2-contact Hours)
Dr. Seema Sangwan
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology,
CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125004
seema_sangwan80@[Link]
Phone No.:91-94682-10204
Lecture Schedule
(Mid-Term Syllabus)
Introduction and Scope of Microbiology
Definition and introduction to microbiology, various branches
Impact of microorganisms on animals and plant
Role of microorganisms in sustenance of environment
History of Microbiology
Controversy over spontaneous generation
Antony Von Leeuwenhoek: discovery of microbial world
Contribution of Louis Pasteur, John Tyndall, Robert Koch,
Joseph Lister, Alexander Fleming, Sergei Winogradsky,
Martinus Willem Beijerinck
Discovery of viruses
Basic Techniques in Microbiology:
Pure culture and isolation of microbes from environment
Control of microbial growth-sterilization
Principles of microbial nutrition
Morphology, Structure and Functions of Prokaryotic Cells
Structure and functions of capsule and outer membrane
Structure and functions of cell wall
Structure and functions of cell membrane and mesosome
Ultrastructure and functions of flagella
Bacterial nucleoid and plasmids
Structure and functions of pili, fimbriae and ribosomes
Cellular inclusion bodies-various types,
Endospores
Eukaryotic cell and their comparison with Prokaryotic cells
Growth and Death: Growth curve of bacteria
Viruses: General Characteristics and Multiplication
Virus reproduction: lytic and lysogenic cycle
Replication of DNA viruses in bacteria
Final Term Syllabus
Bacterial systematic, Characteristics and techniques used in bacterial identification
and classification.
Phylogenetic and numerical taxonomy, Use of DNA and RNA sequencing in
classification, Concept of domains
Domain archaea-general characteristics (Crenarchaeota, Euryarcheota)
Domain archaea- Halobacteria and Thermoplasmata
Domain bacteria- Phyllum- Cyanobacteria
Domain bacteria- Phyllum- Proteobacteria
(Azospirillum, Acetobacter, Gluconobacter, Agrobacterium, Rhizobium,
Azotobacter,Pseudomonads, members of Enterobacteriaceae)
Domain bacteria- Phyllum- Firmicutes (Clostridia and Bacilli,)
Domain bacteria- Phyllum- Firmicutes (Bacilli,-lactic acid bacteria)
Domain bacteria- Phyllum- Firmicutes (Mollicutes)
Domain bacteria- Phyllum-Actinobacteria (Actinomycetes, Mycobacteriaceae
Domain bacteria- Phyllum-Spirochetes
Immunology:immune system
Non specific immunity-Phagocytosis
Specific immunity- Lymphocytes
Microbial Diseases and their Transmission
Air, water and food borne diseases
Sexually transmitted diseases
Diseases transmitted by insects
Diseases caused by viruses
Books to Refer
[Link] Biology of Microorgani[Link] edition (2016)
By Michael T. Madigan, John M. Martinko, Kelly S.
Bender, Daniel H. Buckley, David A. Stahl, Thomas Brock
2. Prescott's Microbiology:10th Edition (2017)
By Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood and Christopher J.
Woolverton
3. General Microbiology
By Roger Y. Stanier, Michael Doudoroff, Edward A. Adelberg
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall
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