LIST OF EXPERIMENTS:
- Study of apparatus used in experimental
- Sterilization of glass
- Preparation of culture media for bacteria and
- Staining techniques using different microbial samples –
- Simple staining
- Gram’s staining
- Negative staining
- Acid fast
- Study of motility characters of
- Enumeration of microorganisms –
- Total count techniques
- Viable count
- Study of different methods of isolation of pure cultures –
- Spread plate technique
- Pour plate technique
- Streak plate techniques – simple streaking & multiple streaking
- Biochemical testing for the identification of
- Culture sensitivity testing for some
- Sterility testing for sterile dosage
- Determination of minimum inhibitory
- Microbiological assay of antibiotics by cup plate
SEMINAR/ASSIGNMENTS:
- Review the significance of microbiology in pharmaceutical sciences by highlighting key contributors and major breakthroughs in drug development, vaccines, and infection
- Explain the mechanisms of multi-drug resistance (MDR) and discuss its pharmaceutical challenges with relevant clinical examples.
- Describe the structure, pathophysiology, and clinical impact of SARS-CoV-2 and its major variants, with emphasis on pharmaceutical relevance.
- Evaluate the application of Omics technologies (Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics) in studying microbial metabolites and their role in pharmaceutical drug discovery.
- Prepare a report on the current status of antibiotic resistance, assess surveillance methods, and propose strategies to combat antimicrobial resistance.
- Discuss recent microbial diagnostic techniques, focusing on emerging infectious diseases and highlighting tools like PCR, CRISPR diagnostics, and biosensors.