OBT352 Basics of Microbial Technology Syllabus:

OBT352 Basics of Microbial Technology Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

 Enable the Non-biological student’s to understand about the basics of life science and their pro and cons for living organisms.

UNIT I BASICS OF MICROBES AND ITS TYPES

Introduction to microbes, existence of microbes, inventions of great scientist and history, types of microorganisms – Bacteria, Virus, Fungi.

UNIT II MICROBIAL TECHNIQUES

Sterilization – types – physical and chemical sterilization, Decontamination, Preservation methods, fermentation, Cultivation and growth of microbes, Diagnostic methods.

UNIT III PATHOGENIC MICROBES

Infectious Disease – Awareness, Causative agent, Prevention and control – Cholera, Dengu, Malaria, Diarrhea, Tuberculosis, Typhoid, Covid, HIV.

UNIT IV BENEFICIAL MICROBES

Applications of microbes – Clinical microbiology, agricultural microbiology, Food Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, Animal Microbiology, Marine Microbiology.

UNIT V PRODUCTS FROM MICROBES

Fermentedproducts – Fermented Beverages, Curd, Cheese, Mushroom, Agricultural products – Biopesticide, Biofertilizers, Vermi compost, Pharmaceutical products – Antibiotics, Vaccines

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOME:

At the end of the course the students will be able to
CO1 Microbes and their types
CO2 Cultivation of microbes
CO3 Pathogens and control measures for safety
CO4 Microbes in different industry for economy.

TEXT BOOKS

1. Talaron K, Talaron A, Casita, Pelczar and Reid. Foundations in Microbiology, W.C. Brown Publishers, 1993.
2. Pelczar MJ, Chan ECS and Krein NR, Microbiology, Tata McGraw Hill Edition, New Delhi, India.
3. Prescott L.M., Harley J.P., Klein DA, Microbiology, 3rd Edition, Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1996.