University of Gour Banga
 

Can you provide me the eligibility requirement and Syllabus for M. Sc. in Botany Program as offered by University of Gour Banga?

Re: University of Gour Banga
 

The eligibility requirement for M. Sc. in Botany Program as offered by University of Gour Banga is as follows:

One who has passed the 3- year B.Sc. Examination with Honours (Major) in Botany is eligible for admission to the course. Selection is done on the basis of merit following the norms of Government of West Bengal.


Syllabus for M. Sc. in Botany

SEMESTER – I:: THEORY

PAPER – I (Microbiology, Virology and Immunology)

GROUP: A:: Microbiology Part

1. Modern criteria of bacterial classification; Brief account of evolution of
bacteria.

2. Bacterial motility- Mechanism and regulation; chemotaxis; quorum sensing

3. Microbial Diversity and Extremophilies: Principal modes of metabolic
diversity: Phototrophic bacteria;

Chemolithotrophic bacteria; and Extremophiles (thermophilic, halophilic,
acidophilic and alkalophilic

bacteria). Unculturable bacteria. Overview of Spirochetes; Rickettsias;
Chlamydias; Mycoplasmas; and

Myxobacteria.

4. Growth and Differentiation: Bacterial growth; kinetics, growth curve,
factors affecting growth; Endospore:

structure, cytology, physiology and genetic aspects.

5. Microbial Metabolism and fermentation: Outlines of biosynthesis of
peptidoglycan and major unusual amino

acids. Basic metabolic pathways: Entner-Doudoroff pathway, fermentation
and Nitrogen metabolism.

6. Bacterial Genetics: Organization of genetic material in bacteria:
chromosome and plasmid, Gene transfer

mechanisms: conjugation, transformation and transduction, sexduction and
complementation. Recombination

in bacteria.

7. Medical Microbiology: Pathogenic properties of bacteria: toxins and
extracellular enzymes; brief account of
human diseases and therapy.


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