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Faculty of Science Handbook, Session 2016/2017

Main References: SIR 3007 ADVANCED FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
CS5, CT4, TS3, LL2, EM2, LS1
Advance food microbiology is a follow-up course of food
Main References: microbiology. The students are required to have basic
1. Scientific Integrity: Text and Cases in Responsible knowledge in food microbiology to understand this course.
Conduct of Research, 4th ed., ASM Press, 2014. Advance food microbiology covers various food protection
2. The craft of Scientific Presentations:critical Steps to methods and approaches used in food industry to prolong
Suceed and Critical Errors to Avoid, 2nd ed., shelf life and ensure of food safety. Also, students will be
Springer, 2013 exposed to HACCP and ISO systems used widely in food
3. Scientific Writing and Communication: Papers, industry nowadays, food safety objectives (FSO) and risk
Proposals and Presentations, 2nd ed., Oxford analysis as a widely used risk managing system in
University Press, USA, 2013. ensuring global safe food trading. In this course, hands-on
practical to measure and analyse the efficiency of various
food protection methods and establishment of FSO and
risk assessment model will be conducted.
SIR 3005 INDUSTRIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
MICROBIOLOGY
Assessment Methods:
Understanding the role of microbes and its biochemistry Continuous Assessment: 50%
Final Examination:
50%
for processing industrial products, microbiological
principles in biogeochemical cycle, use of biosensors and
biochips in industrial and environmental microbiological Medium of Instruction:
processes, application of intellectual property principles in English
Industrial and Environmental Microbiology. Soft Skills:
CS6, CT4, TS4, LL2, EM1, LS1
Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 40%
Final Examination: 60% Main References:
1. Bibek, R. and Arun B. (Eds.). (2013). Fundamental
Food Microbiology. CRC Press.
Medium of Instruction: 2. Sibel Roller (Eds.). (2012). Essential Microbiology
English
and Hygiene for Professionals. CRC Press.
Soft Skills: 3. ILSI Europe Risk Analysis in Food Microbiology
CS4, CT4, TS3, KK1, EM2, LS1 Task Force. (2012). ILSI Europe Report Series:
Tools for Microbiological Risk Assessment.
Available from:
Main References:
1. Environmental microbiology (2015)edited by Ian L. http://www.ilsi.org/Europe/Publications/MRA%20Too
Pepper, Charles P. Gerba, Terry J. Gentry, 3rd ls.pdf
ed.2015.
2. Developments in Industrial Microbiology (2013) by SIR 3008 PHARMACEUTICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Saul Rich
3. Environmental Microbiology (2011) by Keya Sen &
Nicholas J Ashbolt Antimicrobial agents: types of antibiotic, mode of action,
resistance and other problems in antibiotics utilisation.
New sources of antibiotics.Vaccines: mode of action, pro
and cons of vaccines utilisation. Disinfectants and
SIR 3006 PUBLIC HEALTH MICROBIOLOGY
preservatives. Introduction to Pharmacopeias. Commercial
Science of Epidemiology including methods in production of antibiotics. Sterility testing. Good practices
epidemiological study. Disease transmission, types of for pharmaceutical microbiology labs. Quality assurance.
reservoirs of infectious agents. Emerging and reemerging Assessment Methods:
infectious diseases. Microbiology of water supply and
public health . Prevention and control of infectious Continuous Assessment: 40%
diseases especially foodborne infections. Concepts and Final Examination: 60%
applications of molecular epidemiology. Medium of Instruction:
English
Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 50%
Final Examination: 50% Soft Skills:
CS3, CT3, TS2, LL1
Medium of Instruction: Main References:
English
1. Prescott’s Microbiology by Willey, Sherwood &
Soft Skills: Woolverton (2014) McGraw-Hill.
CS6, CT4, TS4, LL2, EM1, LS1 2. Hugo, W.B. & Russel, A.D. (eds). (2011).
Pharmaceutical Microbiology. 7th ed. Wiley-Blackwell.
3. Pharmacopeias- US (http://www.usp.org/), Japan
Main References:
1. Brock Biology of Microorganisms (14th ed): Ed.
Madigan, Martinko & Parker, Publisher Prentice
Hall. (2014) SIR 3009 MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS
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2. Microbiology Principles and Explorations. 8 Ed. JG The course covers host defences against infection and the
Black. Wiley. 2011 bacterial strategies in overcoming host response:
3. Microbiology: An Introduction. Chap 14 Tortora,
Funke, Case. Pearson Benjamin Cummings.2007 virulence factors that promote colonization of host
surfaces and invasion of host cells. Regulation of
virulence genes. Characteristics of Pathogenicity Islands,
endotoxin, exotoxin- characteristics of exotoxins, toxin

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