Syllabus For The Subject GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

UNIT - 01

CLASSIFICATION OF BACTERIA - CHARACTERS OF EACH GROUP - BACTERIAL ANATOMY

- STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF CELL ORGANELLES - GROWTH - NUTRITION AND

REPRODUCTION.

UNIT - 02

STAINING PROCEDURES AND CULTIVATION OF BACTERIA - BIO CHEMICAL TESTS FOR

IDENTIFICATION - E-COIL, AZATOBACTER, STAPHYLOCOCCUS, PSEUDOMONAS,

RHIZOBIUM, XAHTHOMONAS, AZOSPIRILLUM - AN OUTLINE STUDY.

UNIT - 03

GENERAL CHARACTERS OF VIRUS - MORPHOLOGY AND NATURE OF VIRUS PARTICLES -

NOMEN CLATURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF PLANT VIRUSES - REPLICATION OF VIRUS.

UNIT - 04

TRANSMISSION OF PLANT VIRUSES AND CONTROL MEASURES - PHAGES,

MYCOPHAGES, PHYCOPHAGES AND BACTERIOPHAGES - VIROIDS, VIRIONS AND ORIGIN

OF VIRUSES.

UNIT - 05

AGRICULTURE - BIOFERTILIZERS, BIOPESTICIDS, BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION.

UNIT - 06

INDUSTRY - BIOCONVERSION OF WASTE PRODUCTS - ALCOHOL, BIO GAS.

UNIT - 07

POLLUTION - DEGRADATION OF PESTICIDES AND HYDRO CARBON OILS -

BIOTECHNOLOGY - IMPORTANCE AND APPLICATION OF MICROBES IN GENETIC

ENGINEERING.

UNIT - 08

HARMFUL EFFECTS OF BACTERIA & VIRUSES IN PLANTS - CITRUS CANKER, BLIGHT OF

RICE, WILT OF POTATO, TMV, TYMV, BUNCHY TOP OF BANANA - HARMFUL EFFECTS OF

BACTERIA & VIRUSES IN MAN AND ANIMALS - TETANUS, ANTHRAX, BACILLARY

DYSENTERY, AIDS, HEPATITIS, POLIOMYELITIS - GENERAL ACCOUNT OF IMMUNITY -

TYPES - PROPERTIES OF ANTIGEN AND ANTIBODIES - TYPES OF VACCINES.

UNIT - 09

CARBOHYDRATES - CLASSIFICATION, OCCURRENCE, STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS -

MONOSACCHARIDE, OLIGOSACCHARIDE AND POLYSACCHARIDE - LIPIDS -

CLASSIFICATION, OCCURRENCE, STRUCTURE AND IMPORTANCE - BIOSYNTHESIS AND

?-OXIDATION OF FATTY ACIDS.

UNIT - 10

AMINO ACIDS - OCCURRENCE, STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS - PROTEINS -

CLASSIFICATION - ENZYMES - CLASSIFICATION, MODE OF ACTION, STRUCTURE AND

FACTORS INFLUENCING ENZYME ACTIVITY - MECHANISM OF WATER ABSORPTION IN

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BOTANY

3 Yr.

GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY(1030334)

PLANTS - ACCENT SAP, TRANSPIRATION - TYPES, STOMATAL OPENING MECHANISM

AND FACTORS AFFECTING TRANSPIRATION - CYCLES OF ELEMENTS - N2 CYCLE,

BIOCHEMISTRY OF SYMBIOTIC AND NON-SYMBIOTIC NITROGEN FIXATION, SULPHUR

CYCLE, PHOSPHOROUS CYCLE.

UNIT - 11

PLANT NUTRITION - BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF MICRO AND MACRO NUTRIENTS IN

PLANTS AND THEIR DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS - PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS -

CHEMISTRY, BIO SYNTHESIS, MODE OF ACTION OF - AUXINS, GIBBERLLINS, CYTOKINES,

ABSCICIC ACID AND ETHELENE.

UNIT - 12

BIO CHEMISTRY OF SEED DORMANCY - SEED GERMINATION - FRUIT RIPENING AND

SENESCENCE.