Microbiology and Phycology
What you'll learn
Fundamental concepts of microbial nutrition, growth, and metabolism
Characteristics, classification, and replication of viruses, including DNA and RNA viruses
Structural and functional aspects of bacteria, including archaebacteria, eubacteria, and wall-less forms
Modes of bacterial reproduction, including vegetative, asexual, and genetic recombination
Applications of microbiology in vaccine production, research, medicine, agriculture, and industry
General characteristics, ecology, and distribution of algae
Course content
11 sections
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71 lectures
Viruses
18 lectures
Classification of Virus
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Are Viruses Living or Non-Living?
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Lysogenic Cycle – Definition, Steps, Importance
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Lytic Cycle – Definition, Steps, Importance, Examples
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Diagnostic Techniques of Viruses – Molecular and Immunological Techniques
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One Step Growth Curve of Virus
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Viral Replication Cycle – Definition, Steps, Mechanisms
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Viral Entry Into The Host Body
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Viral Pathogenesis Definition, Mechanisms, Factors
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Viral Spread and Organ Invasion of Virus
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What is Viral Immunology?
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Types of Vaccines With Examples
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How Are Vaccines Made?
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Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Infections
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Baltimore Classification System of Viruses
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Viroids Definition, Infection, Structure, Examples, Diagnostic, Origin, Disease.
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Viral Life Cycle – Steps of Viral Infection
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Antiviral Chemotherapy
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Bacteria
20 lectures
What is bacteria? Types, Structure, Shapes, Morphology, Nutrition, Growth, Habitat, Reproduction, Examples.
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Glycocalyx – Definition, Composition, Types, Functions.
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Bacterial Capsule – Definition, Functions, Composition, Types, Demonstration, and examples.
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Flagellar Movement Mechanisms and Chemotaxis.
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Fimbriae and Pili – Definition, Structure, Types, Functions, Differences.
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Bacterial Growth and Different Environmental Factors Affect Bacterial Growth
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Nutritional types of bacteria – Classification of bacteria based on Nutritional Requirement
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Factor affecting bacterial growth
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Bacterial Culture Media Classification, Ingredients, Functions and Preparation.
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Classification of Bacteria
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Bacterial Conjugation – Definition, Steps, Methods
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Bacterial Transformation – Definition, Principle, Steps, Examples
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Asexual Reproduction in bacteria – Definition, Types, Advantages, Disadvantages
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Bacterial Growth Curve – Definition, Phases, Calculations, Factors, Importance
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Structure of Gram-negative Cell Wall
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Structure of Gram-positive Cell Wall
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Bacterial Cell Wall Structure and Composition
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Cell Wall Structure of Archaebacteria
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Cell membrane (Plasma Membrane) Structures and Functions
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Bacterial Growth Curve Protocol
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Applied Microbiology
2 lectures
Economic importance of viruses with reference to vaccine production, role in research, medicine and diagnostics, as causal organisms of plant diseases.
Economic importance of bacteria with reference to their role in agriculture and industry (fermentation and medicine).
Algae
9 lectures
General characteristics
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Cellular Structure of Algae with diagram
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What is Phycology?
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Economic Importance of Algae – Food Industry, Chemical Industry, Agriculture, Medicine
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Algae – Algae Reproduction
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Life cycle of Algae – Haplontic, Diplontic, Diplohaplontic, and Triphasic.
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What is Algae? Characteristics and Occurrence of Algae.
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Applied Phycology – Role of algae in the environment, agriculture, biotechnology and industry
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11 Types of Algae With their example.
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Cyanophyta
5 lectures
Ecology and occurrence, range of thallus organization
cell structure, heterocyst
reproduction.economic importance
role in biotechnology
Morphology and life-cycle of Nostoc
Chlorophyta
8 lectures
Chlorophyta – Characteristics, Occurrence, Thallus organization, Structure and Reproduction
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Study of Chlamydomonas and Volvox by using Whole mount
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Morphology and life-cycles of Chlamydomonas
Morphology and life-cycles of Volvox
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Morphology and life-cycles of Oedogonium
Morphology and life-cycles of Coleochaete
Evolutionary significance of Prochloron
Volvox Under Microscope
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Charophyta
1 lectures
Charophyta – General Characteristics, Occurrence, Morphology, Cell Structure And Life-cycle of Chara
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Xanthophyta
2 lectures
Xanthophyta – General characteristics, thallus organization, Occurrence, morphology and life-cycle of Vaucheria.
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Morphology and life-cycle of Vaucheria
Phaeophyta
3 lectures
Phaeophyta (Brown Algae) – Characteristics, Occurrence, Thallus Organization, Cell Structure and Reproduction
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Morphology and life-cycles of Ectocarpus
Morphology and life-cycles of Fucus
Rhodophyta
2 lectures
Rhodophyceae (Red Algae) – General characteristics, Occurrence, Range of thallus organization, Cell structure and Reproduction
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Morphology and life-cycle of Polysiphonia
Applied Phycology
1 lectures
Applied Phycology – Role of algae in the environment, agriculture, biotechnology and industry
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