Punjab University BSc Microbiology final year Syllabus

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B.Sc (H.S.) 3rd year
5th semester BMI 3501 Medical Bacteriology – I
BMI 3502 Microbial & Molecular Genetics
BMI 3503 Food Microbiology
BMI 3504 Immunochemistry
BMI 3551 Practical (Combined)

6th semester
BMI 3601 Medical Bacteriology – II
BMI 3602 Virology
BMI 3603 Microbial Physiology & Metabolism
BMI 3604 Immunopathology
BMI 3651 Practical (Combined)

SIXTH SEMESTER

BMI 3601: MEDICAL BACTERIOLOGY –II
Objective: The course is designed to introduce the students a broad view of diseases caused by
various groups of bacteria, the laboratory diagnosis and preventive measures. Accordingly, the
Students are given practical training for identification of Gram positive and Gram negative
common pathogens encountered in clinical specimens.

PART - A
Diseases caused by the following genera of family Enterobacteriaceae.
• Escherichia coli
• Klebsiella pneumoniae
• Shigella: Shigella dysenteriae, S. sonnei, S. flexneri and S. boydii
• Salmonella: Causal agents of enteric fever, septicemia and enteritis.

PART – B
• Proteae group
• Serratia marcescens
• Campylobactor jejuni and Helicobactor pylori
Diseases caused by
• Vibrio cholerae
• Pseudomonas group
• Bacterocides: B. fragilis and Fusobacterium sp

PART – C
Spirochetes:
Treponema:
Borrellia:
Leptospira:
Brucellae
Bartonella
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PART-D
Legionella,
Calymmatobacterium sp
Mycoplasma and L. forms bacteria
General description and biological properties of Rickettsiae and Chlamydiae. Epidemiology and
pathogenesis of diseases caused by these organisms in humans.

BOOKS FOR READING


1. Topley & Wlson’s: Principles of Bacteriology, Virology and Immunology, Vol. I-VIII
2. Mackie and McCartney Practical Medical Microbiology Ed Collee JG, Fraser AG, Marmion
BP and Simmons A. Churchill Livingstone publication
3. Textbook of Microbiology: Ananthanaryan and Panikar
4. Bacterial Pathogenesis; A Molecular Approach by Slayers AA and Whitt DD, ASM Press
Washington DC.
5. Medical Microbiology by Greenwood D, Slack RCB and Peutherer. Churchill Livingstone
publication
6. Medical Microbiology by Mims and others. Elsevier Mosby Spain
7. Medical Microbiology Samuel Baron Publisher. Addison Wesley Publishing Co.
8. Mandell, Douglas and Bennett’s; Principles and Practice of Infectious diseases: GL Mandell
R.Dolin and JE Bannett;s, Publisher Churchill Livingstone. NY
9. Medical Microbiology by Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS and Pfaller MA. Mosby
Inc. St Louis Missouri.
10. Review of Medical Microbiology-Jawetz et.al.
BMI : 3602: VIROLOGY
Objective: The objective of this course is to give an exhaustive account of viruses, their
structure, classification and diseases associated with them to the B.Sc. (H.S.) final year students.
This course will prepare them for further studies and research in virology.

PART – A
Introduction: Viruses as distinct living organisms. The origin of virology, classification and
nomenclature of viruses. Isolation, purification and assay of viruses.
Structure of viruses: Capsid symmetry and architecture. Enveloped viruses, complex viruses,
virus receptors, attachment, penetration.and multiplication of viruses.The Baltimore
classification.


PART –B
Cultivation of viruses: Cultivation in animals, embroyonated eggs and cell culture. Detection
of virus growth in cell culture.
Novel infectious agents : Satellites ,viroids and prions.Diseases caused by prions.
Virus and cancer: Mechanism of viral oncogenesis and Oncogenic RNA and DNA Viruses.