Eligibility for Marine microbiology

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MSC Marine microbiology
Eligibility
You must have completed Bachelors examination with a minimum of 40% marks in the respective discipline from any recognized university and institution of India……..

For admission you have to pass an entrance examination organized by college administration.

Syllabus for MSC Marine microbiology
MI-204: Marine Microbiology I
Credit: 4 (Three theory and one Practical)
1. Microbes in the marine environment 6
What is marine microbiology, Biological organization and the evolution of life,
The world’s oceans and seas, Chemical and physical factors in the marine environment,
Properties of seawater, Marine microbial habitats - water column, Sediments, coastal
ecosystems, mangroves salt marshes. Biofilms and Microbial mats, Microbial life at
surfaces of living and non-living systems. Quorum sensing in marine microbes and
significance. Microbial interactions.
Physiology of marine prokaryotes
Metabolic diversity and the importance of microbial communities. Energy-yielding
processes: Phototrophy and primary productivity, Fermentation, respiration,
Methanogenesis. Carbon dioxide fixation in autotrophs, nitrification and denitrification.
Specific nutrients needed for growth: Macronutrients, micronutrients and trace elements.


2. Methods in marine microbiology 12
Sampling and experimental approaches, specific staining procedures for Microscopy,
study of cellular and sub-cellular organisation using Confocal laser scanning microscopy
(CLSM), particulate and cellular composition using Flow cytometry (FCM). Laboratory
culture: The importance of cultural conditions, viable but non-culturable (VBNC)
organisms, Enrichment culture, Isolation, Biochemical methods for identification and
taxonomt. Molecular tools in study of marine microbial diversity, Phylogenetic analysis,
Metagenomics; Community fingerprinting, Limitations of analysis of nucleic acids
directly from marine environment, Genomic fingerprinting and molecular markers;
RAPD; Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)

3. The role of microbes in ocean processes 9
Carbon cycling in the oceans, Photosynthesis and primary productivity, Microbes in
nitrogen cycling, importance of iron, microbial loop in ocean food webs, Microbial
processes in eutrophication of coastal waters, Microbial processes and climate change.
Beneficial and Harmful effects.
Biofouling and bio deterioration, indicator organisms and polution control.
4. Practical (15x3): 45
1. Isolation and identification of microbes from mangroves, coastal waters and
sediments with special emphasis on sample collection methodology, collection
trips in boats/trawlers.
2. Assessment of salt requirement of marine isolates from different ecosystem
3. Analysis of physic-chemical parameters including metal analysis using AAS
4. Study of biofilm microorganisms
5. Hydrolytic Enzyme profiling of the marine isolates
6. Nitrification and denitrification by the marine isolates
7. Enrichment techniques for (VBNC)
GOA university MSC marine microbiology syllabus




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