General Microbiology (Practical)
Subject Overview
The practical companion to General Microbiology, taking students through glassware cleaning and sterilization, microscope handling, sterilization methods (autoclave, hot air oven, filtration), disinfectant dilution, bacterial morphology, culture media preparation, aerobic and anaerobic culture technique, biomedical waste segregation and plotting a bacterial growth curve. A 2-credit core practical paper.
Unit-wise Syllabus
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Unit 1: Sterilization, microscopy and culture technique
Cleaning agents and glassware sterilization technique, handling the compound microscope, sterilization by autoclave and hot air oven, sterilization of media/solutions by filtration, preparation of disinfectant working dilutions, morphological types of bacteria, preparation of culture media, aerobic and anaerobic culture demonstration, biomedical waste segregation, plotting the bacterial growth curve