BHARATI VIDYAPEETH DEEMED UNIVERSITY, PUNE Revised Syllabus for Ph.D. Entrance Examination in MICROBIOLOGY (2015-16) 1. MICROBIAL SYSTEMATICS - Basic principles and methods of classification of Bacteria, ( Bergey’s manual of Systematic Bacteriology Edition I Vol I to IV) Fungi, (The Fungi Vol I to IV), Yeasts (The Yeasts) and Viruses. Recent trends in Microbial taxonomy, Nature of microbial diversity, Tools of bioinformatics in microbial systematic. 2. EXTREMOPHILES - Ecology, Characteristic features with examples, Applications. 3. MICROBIAL METABOLISM - Bioenergetics, Macromolecules (carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids and lipids) - structure, synthesis and breakdown, Enzymes - characteristics, purification methods and kinetics, Aerobic and anaerobic respiration, Nitrogen metabolism, Photosynthesis, Membrane transport, Regulation of metabolism, Metabolomics. 4. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS - Prokaryote genome organization, Eukaryotic genome organization, Recombination, Concept and methodology of genome mapping. Plasmids (types and uses), Transposable Elements, Regulation of gene expression. 5. RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY - NIH guidelines, Tools, Host organisms used, Cutting and Joining, Enzymes used, Vectors used, Methods of construction and Screening of Recombinant Molecules, Applications, Bioethics. 6. MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY - Principles of Bioengineering, Bioreactor - design and operation, operational modes, Fermentation process control, Strain Improvement, Production of antibiotics, microbial enzymes, amino acids, organic acids, vitamins, solvents and biomass. Plant and animal tissue culture and applications, Microbial fertilizers and biocontrol agents. Production of fermented foods, probiotics, Bioremediation, Microbial Nano biotechnology, Marine Biotechnology, Regulatory agencies and their role in microbial technology, Patents and IPR,GMP,HACCP. 7. AGRICULTURE MICROBIOLOGY - Types of soil, cycles of elements in nature, factors affecting soil fertility, Plant diseases - pathogens, control and management, Geomicrobiology, Microbial Ecology. 1 8. POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY - Environment and energy audit, Treatment of waste from different industries (Food, Dairy, Pharmaceutical, pesticides, fertilizer, dyes, etc.): methods and assessment, Hazardous waste Management, Bioremediation, Bioaugmentation, Bio-stimulation. 9. IMMUNOLOGY - Types of immunity, Antigen and haptens, Immunoglobulins (structure, classes and diversity), Techniques of visualization of antigen antibody interactions, T & B cells, Cytokines, Major Histocompatibility complexes and MHC molecules, Transplantation immunology, Antigen processing and presentation pathways, Activation of humoral and cellular immunity, Cytokines - types, nature, functions and applications, Immunodeficiency, Autoimmunity, Immuno-suppression, Cancer and immune system, Hybridoma technology, Hypersensitivity. 10 MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL MICROBIOLOGY - Determinants of microbial virulence, toxin and antitoxin assays, Principles of diagnosis and therapeutics of infectious diseases, Epidemiology of infectious diseases (determinative, analytical and experimental epidemiology), Mode of antibiotics acting on cell wall synthesis, cell membrane, protein and nucleic acid synthesis, Principles of antibiotic assays, Principles of discovery and development of antimicrobial agents. Hereditary and non-infectious Diseases – Diagnosis and Control. Pharmaceutical Validation, Vaccines, Diagnosis and Control of Viral Diseases. 11. DAIRY AND FOOD MICROBIOLOGY - Milk and milk products, Quality control in dairy industry, Food borne pathogens, Advanced techniques in food microbiology - detecting food borne pathogens and their toxins - genetic and immunological techniques, predictive modeling, Hazard analysis and critical control system. 12. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: BIOSTATISTICS - Data collection and processing, statistical inference, Designing development and testing of hypothesis, mean, mode and median, Tests of significance, standard deviation, Student's t-test, analysis of variance, correlation analysis, regression analysis, statistical basis of biological assays. Bioinformatics - Overview and scope basic principles of computing in bioinformatics, Database, retrieval of biological data, Phylogenetics, sequence annotation. 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