Media Storage Type : DVD-ROM
NPTEL Course Name : Microbiology
NPTEL Subject Matter Expert : Dr. Gurvinder Kaur Saini
NPTEL Co-ordinating Institute : IIT Guwahati
NPTEL Lecture Count : 50
Lecture Titles:
Lecture 1 - History of Microbiology
Lecture 2 - Members of the microbial world, scope
Lecture 3 - The prokaryotic cell, size
Lecture 4 - Structures internal to the cell wall
Lecture 5 - Structures external to the cell wall
Lecture 6 - Microscopes I
Lecture 7 - Microscopes II
Lecture 8 - Preparation and staining of specimens, simple stains
Lecture 9 - Microbial nutrient requirements and nutritional types of microorganisms
Lecture 10 - Uptake of nutrients by the cell
Lecture 11 - Culture media, Isolation and cultivation of pure cultures
Lecture 12 - Growth of bacterial cultures, growth curve and measurement of microbial growth
Lecture 13 - Influence of Environmental factors on microbial growth
Lecture 14 - The use of physical methods in Microbial control
Lecture 15 - The use of chemical methods in Microbial control
Lecture 16 - Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Lecture 17 - Overview of microbial metabolism
Lecture 18 - Carbohydrate Catabolism
Lecture 19 - Anaerobic respiration and Fermentation
Lecture 20 - Protein and Lipid Catabolism
Lecture 21 - Photosynthesis
Lecture 22 - Biosynthesis of Amino acids and Lipids
Lecture 23 - Biosynthesis of Pyramidines
Lecture 24 - Biosynthesis of Purines and Peptidoglycan
Lecture 25 - Structure and function of genetic material
Lecture 26 - DNA replication
Lecture 27 - The genetic code and the gene structure
Lecture 28 - The expression of genes
Lecture 29 - Regulation of Genes
Lecture 30 - DNA Repair and Microbial Recombination
Lecture 31 - Bacterial Plasmids and Transposable elements
Lecture 32 - Mutations and their chemical basis, detection and isolation of mutants
Lecture 33 - Bacterial Conjugation,Transduction and Transformation
Lecture 34 - Microbial Taxonomy and Phylogeny
Lecture 35 - Archaea and Bacteria
Lecture 36 - Fungi, algae
Lecture 37 - Viruses- Introduction and General Characteristics
Lecture 38 - The Bacteriophages
Lecture 39 - The Viruses of Eukaryotes
Lecture 40 - Microbial Pathogenicity and Diseases
Lecture 41 - Study Questions 1
Lecture 42 - Study Questions 2
Lecture 43 - Study Questions 3
Lecture 44 - Study Questions 4
Lecture 45 - Study Questions 5
Lecture 46 - Study Questions 6
Lecture 47 - Study Questions 7
Lecture 48 - Study Questions 8
Lecture 49 - Study Questions 9
Lecture 50 - Study Questions 10