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production of antibiotics. Sterility testing. Good practices for Assessment Methods:
pharmaceutical microbiology labs. Quality assurance Continuous Assessment: 40%
Final Examination: 60%
Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 50% Main References:
Final Examination: 50% 1. Frankham R., Ballou J.D. & Briscoe D.A. Introduction
to Conservation Genetics, 2010, Cambridge
Main References: University Press.
1. Sandle T. Pharmaceutical Microbiology: Essentials 2. Allendorf F.W., Luikart G. & Aitken S.N.
for Quality Assurance and Quality Control, 2016, Conservation and the Genetics of Populations, 2013,
Woodhead Publishing. Wiley-Blackwell.
2. Denyer et al. Hugo & Russell’s Pharmaceutical 3. Primack R.B. Essentials of Conservation Biology,
Microbiology, 8th ed, 2011, Wiley-Blackwell. 2006, Sinauer
3. Pommerville J.C. Laboratory Fundamentals of
Microbiology, 2018, Jones & Bartlett
SIR3044 MOLECULAR EVOLUTION AND
PHYLOGENETICS
SIR3041 MARINE AND ESTUARINE MICROBIOLOGY
This course will give an overview of processes in molecular
Sampling techniques and seawater analysis. evolution and how past evolutionary events and processes
Characteristics of marine and estuarine habitats. Bacteria, can be understood from the analysis and interpretation of
algae, protozoa, zooplankton, virus and fungi in seas. molecular data. This course covers the following topics:
Microbial interactions in marine and estuarine ecosystems. evolutionary processes in populations, evolution of genes
Nutrient cycles (C, N, P, Si) in marine ecosystems. and genome, concept of species, speciation, evolution of
Microbiology and geochemistry of mangrove and coral reef genetic systems, homology and sequence alignment,
ecosystems models of evolution, phylogenetic, neutral evolution,
coalescent theory, rate of evolutionary change and concept
Assessment Methods: of molecular dating
Continuous Assessment: 60%
Final Examination: 40% Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 40%
Main References: Final Examination: 60%
1. Madigan et al.Brock Biology of
Microorganisms,15th ed, 2017, Pearson Main References:
2. Kirchman DL. Processes in Microbial Ecology, 1. Smith, J.M. Evolutionary Genetics, 2008, Oxford
2012, Oxford University Press Univ. Press
3. Gasol J.M. & Kirchman D.L. Microbial Ecology of the 2. Herron J.C. & Freeman, S. Evolutionary Analysis,
Oceans, 3rd ed, 2018, Wiley 5th ed, 2015, Pearson Education, Inc.
3. Pevsner, J. Bioinformatics and functional genomics,
2015, John Wiley & Sons.
SIR3042 PLANT MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR
BIOLOGY SIR3045 ADVANCED MYCOLOGY
An introduction to the basic principles and current Fungi are important decomposer in ecosystem and also
development on plant molecular biology. Covering play role in human lives. This course covers the evolutionary
theoretical and practical aspects that are important for genetics, recent developments and application of fungi.
current approaches in plant improvement and plant
biotechnology. This course also introduces basic principles Assessment Methods:
of plant genetic engineering and the techniques involved. Continuous Assessment: 50%
Issues related to GMO will be discussed. Final Examination: 50%
Assessment Methods: Main References:
Continuous Assessment: 50% 1. Tiquia-Arashiro S. & Grube M. Fungi in Extreme
Final Examination: 50% Environments: Ecological Roles and
Biotechnological Significance, 2019, Springer.
Main References: 2. Thangadurai D., Sangeetha J. & David M.
1. Buchanan et al. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Fundamentals of Molecular Mycology, 2016, Apple
of Plants, 2nd ed, 2015, Wiley Academic Press.
2. Krebs et al. Lewin’s Genes XII, 12th ed, 2017 3. Satyanarayana T., Deshmukl S.K. & Despande
3. Slater et al. Plant Biotechnology: the genetic M.V. Advancing Frontiers in Mycology and
manipulation of plants, 2nd ed, 2008, Oxford Mycotechnology, 2019, Springer.
University Press

SIR3043 CONSERVATION GENETICS
This course covers the following topics: Biological diversity
(ecosystem, species, genetics), resources and ownership
of the Malaysian forest, estimating and characterizing
genetic diversity, inbreeding depression, population
fragmentation, genetic management in the wild and
captivity, units of conservation, use genetic tools in forensic
and conservation management, climate change

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