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History of Microbial World

Unit 1: History of Microbial World · Discipline 03: Agricultural Microbiology

MICRO.HISTORY Microbiology

The discovery of the microbial world and the experiments that closed the spontaneous generation debate.

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History, development and scope of microbiology

MICRO.HISTORY

02

evolution of microbial life

EVOLUTION

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theory of spontaneous generation

MICRO.HISTORY

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prokaryotes, archaebacteria and eukaryotes

MICRO.HISTORY

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techniques used in identification and classification of bacteria

MICRO.HISTORY

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important groups of prokaryotes - photosynthetic bacteria, chemoautotrophic bacteria, spore-forming bacteria, actinomycetes, heterotrophic bacteria, nitrobacteria, nitrogen-fixing bacteria, cyanobacteria, lactic acid bacteria, halophiles, thermophiles, acidophiles and methanogens

MICRO.TAXONOMY

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structure and classification of viruses

VIROLOGY

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bacteriophages, cyanophages and mycophages

VIROLOGY

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growth of viruses

VIROLOGY

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lytic and lysogenic cycles

MICRO.HISTORY

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plant viruses, viroids, prions and mycoplasma

MICRO.TAXONOMY