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2.2. AGM 607 BACTERIAL DIVERSITY (2+1)
Objective 
E tionary volu survey and characteristics of bacteria focusing on
autotrophic and heterotrophic prokaryotes from various habitats. Isolation,
examination, and identification of bacteria from field collections using
microscopic, physiological, biochemical, molecular, phylogenetic, and
computer database techniques.
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Unit I
Introduction -Microbial Life ofm and etabolic The Evolution diversity
of the Earth – origin of life - Classical and Modern Approaches to
Prokaryotic Taxonomy-Microbial Diversity - Diversity in the environment –
How do we know-Detecting microbes and their activities in soil, water.
Unit II
M -Molecular orphologicalDiversity
characterizations of organisms -
Overview of phylogenetic diversity - Principles of molecular phylogeny -
Unusual Microbial Habitats, hot springs hydrothermal vents, mine tailings.
Describe microbial diversity in various natural environments including
extreme environments and anoxic habitats; functional biodiversity of
microbes, Mechanism of survival and metabolic adaptations in
prokaryotes.
Unit III
M - Anaerobic etabolic Diversity horizons – fermentations and
hydrogen – Syntrophy - Aerobic organotrophs -the facultative aerobes -
Aerobic chemolithotrophs - The photosynthetic way of life, oxygenic and
unoxigenic - Metabolism: Energy, Enzymes and Regulation -Major groups
of environmentally important bacteria are covered, with a focus on the
importance of metabolism in determining an organism's role in nature.