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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2020/2021

Assessment Methods: Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 100% Continuous Assessment: 40%
Final Examination: 60%
Medium of Instruction:
English Medium of Instruction:
English
Main References:
1. Brock Biology of Microorganisms (14th ed): Ed. Main References:
Madigan, Martinko & Parker, Publisher Prentice Hall. 1. Brock Biology of Microorganisms (14th ed): Ed.
(2014) Madigan, Martinko & Parker, Publisher Prentice Hall.
2. Lodish et al Molecular Cell Biology (7th edition) 2012 (2014)
Freeman 2. Microbiology: An Introduction (11th ed):Tortora GJ
3. Microbiology: An Introduction (11th ed):Tortora GJ (2012).
(2012) 3. Todar’s Online Textbook of Bacteriology
(http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/)
SIR 2003 FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
SIR 2006 BACTERIOLOGY II
Understanding the history of microorganisms in food,
intrinsic and extrinsic parameters that affect microbial Introduction to principles of bacterial taxonomy including
growth, food spoilage. Food intoxication, food infection, classical systematic and phylogenetics. Introduction to
food toxicoinfection. Microbiology of fermented food. isolation, purification, identification and classification of
Characteristics of major foodborne pathogens. Methods in main Archaea and Gram positive bacteria. Role and impact
detecting microorganisms in using conventional and of Gram positive bacteria to life and environment.
molecular approaches.
Assessment Methods:
Assessment Methods: Continuous Assessment: 40%
Continuous Assessment: 50% Final Examination: 60%
Final Examination: 50%
Medium of Instruction:
Medium of Instruction: English
English
Main References:
Main References: 1. Brock Biology of Microorganisms by Madigan,
1. Brock Biology of Microorganisms (14th ed): Ed. Martinko & Parker (2014) Prentice Hall.
Madigan, Martinko & Parker, Publisher Prentice Hall. 2. Prescott’s Microbiology by Willey, Sherwood &
(2014) Woolverton (2014) McGraw-Hill.
2. Fundamental Food Microbiology. Bibek, R. and Arun 3. Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (2012)
B. (Eds.). CRC Press (2013). Springer.
3. Journal of Food Microbiology
SIR 2007 VIROLOGY

SIR 2004 GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY Structure and Composition of Viruses: Building of viral
capsid structures, the types of viral capsids and
Introduction to Microbiology, concepts and basic nucleocapsids, virus envelope, the types of viral proteins
techniques of microbiology, evolution, structure and and nucleic acids.
function of the parts of prokaryotic, diversity and importance Virus replication: virus entry into cells, Baltimore
of microorganisms including archaea, bacteria, fungi and classification, viral genome expression (RNA transcription
viruses. and protein translation) based on Baltimore groups, viral
genome replication, assembly of viral components to form
Assessment Methods: new viruses.
Continuous Assessment: 40% Practical: Primary, secondary, and continuous cell culture,
Final Examination: 60% viral infection of cell culture, observing the effects of viral
infection on cells, plaque assays for viral titration, observing
Medium of Instruction: the different plaques formed by a variety of viral infection of
English various cell lines.

Main References: Assessment Methods:
1. Talaro, K. P. Foundations in Microbiology: Basic Continuous Assessment: 40%
Principles, 9 ed, 2014, McGraw-Hill. Final Examination: 60%
th
2. Ted R. Jphnson & Christine L. Case. Laboratory
Experiments in Microbiology, CourseSmart e Medium of Instruction:
Textbook, 10/E, 2013, Benjamin Cummings. English
3. Madigan M.T., Martinko J.M., Bender K.S., Buckely
D.H., Stahl D.A. & Brock T. Brock Biology of Main References:
Microorganisms, 14 ed, 2014, Benjamin Cummings. 1. Cann, A.J. Principles of Molecular Virology. Fifth
th
Edition (2011). ISBN-13: 978-012384397.
2. ViralZone: a knowledge resource to understand
SIR 2005 BACTERIOLOGY I virus diversity. Hulo C, de Castro E, Masson P,
Bougueleret L, Bairoch A, Xenarios I, Le Mercier P.
Introduction to isolation, purification, enumeration, Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Jan;39(Database
identification and classification of main Gram negative issue):D576-82.
bacteria. Growth aspects and the control of bacterial 3. Greenwood, D., Slack, R.C.B., Barer, M.R., Irving,
growth. Role and impact of Gram negative bacteria in daily W.L. Medical Microbiology. 18th Edition (2012).
life. ISBN: 9780702040894

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