Banaras Hindu University M.Sc Biotechnology Entrance Exam

Can you provide me eligibility requirement and syllabus of M.Sc Biotechnology program offered by School of Biotechnology of Banaras Hindu University?

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The School of Biotechnology of Banaras Hindu University was established in 1986 with the financial support from the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, New Delhi.

Departments of the University participated for teaching include Departments of Microbiology and Biochemistry of IMS; Department of Chemical Engineering of IT, BHU, Departments of Botany, Zoology, Biochemistry, Chemistry and Statistics of the Faculty of Science.

M.Sc. in Biotechnology (2 Year: 4 Semesters programme)

Bachelor's degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/Technology, 4-years B.S. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (M.B.B.S.) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks at the Graduate level.

M.Sc. in Biotechnology Syllabus

Semester I
BTM 101 : Microbiology Credits 4
1. History of Microbiology, Discovery of the microbial world.
2. Isolation, pure culture techniques, Methods of sterilization and Enrichment culture techniques.
3. Bacterial identification, nomenclature and classification, New approaches to bacterial taxonomy /
classification including ribotyping and ribosomal RNA sequencing.
4. General structure and features, Brief account of all group of bacteria and cyanobacteria, Rickettsias,
Chlamydias and Mycoplasmas,
Archaea : Archaebacteria and extremophilic microbes – their biotechnological potentials
5. The definition of growth, growth curve, measurement of growth and growth yields, Culture collection
and maintenance of cultures.
6. Different modes of nutrition in bacteria, Sulfate reduction, Nitrogen metabolism – nitrate reduction,
nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria, Nitrogen fixation and Microbes used as biofertilizer.
7. Viruses : Classification, morphology and composition of viruses in general,
Plant viruses (TMV, Gemini Virus), Animal viruses (baculoviruses),
Bacteriophages : Lambda, φX 174, cyanophages,
8. Viroids and Prions.

M.Sc. in Biotechnology Syllabus