Textbook of Microbiology

Naveen Kango

ISBN: 9789389307726

436 pages

Description

Textbook of Microbiology provides a structured approach to learning by covering all the important topics in a simple, uniform and systematic format. The book is written in a manner suited to the undergraduate and postgraduate of Microbiology / Industrial Microbiology courses. The language and diagrams are particularly easy to understand and reproduce while answering essay type questions.

About the Author

Naveen Kango is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Dr. Hari Singh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar (MP) and has teaching and research experience of more than 12 years. He qualified NET (C.S.I.R-UGC, J.R.F.) and GATE and joined this department in 1997. He has worked on xylanolytic enzymes from thermophilic fungi for his doctoral and post-doctoral work (Dept. of Biotechnology, Durban University of Technology, South Africa). His present research interests are production and application of microbial glycanases, especially xylanases, mannanases and inulinases. He has fifteen publications to his credit in national and foreign journals and books.

Table of Contents

Book Review

Part I–Fundamentals of Industrial Microbiology, Tools and Techniques

History and Scope of Microbiology
Microscopy
General Characteristics and Classification of Bacteria
General Characteristics of Fungi
General Characteristics of Viruses
Microbial Growth and Culture Media
Isolation and Maintenance of Microorganisms
Sterilization and Control of Microorganisms
Instrumentation.

Part II–Principles of Biochemistry and Microbial Genetics

Carbohydrates
Amino Acids and Proteins
Lipids
Enzymes
Bioenergetics, ATP Generation and Transport of Biomolecules
Structure and Replication of DNA
Types and Properties of RNA
Genetic Code and Protein Synthesis
Gene Regulation
Mutation and Repair
Genetic Recombination in Bacteria

Index.