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5. Microscopic Methods in the Study of Microorganisms., Microscopic identification of yeast/mould/bacteria
from food, soil and water samples
6. Staining Techniques Simple, Differential- Gram‘s Staining, spore /capsule staining, negative staining
7. Quantification of Microbes: Sampling and Serial Dilution; Bacterial count in Soil – TVC
8. Effect of Disinfectants- Phenol Coefficient
9. Antibiotic Sensitivity Assay
10. Growth Curve in Bacteria and Yeast
11. Effect of pH, Temperature, UV radiation on Growth Bacteria
12. Identification of planktonic algae
13. Anaerobic culture: Roll tube method, Wright tube method
14. Biochemical study: Indole production test, methyl red test, urease test
15. Microscopic examination of protozoans
16. Cultivation of algae
17. Micrometery
TOTAL:60 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES:
 To learn the basic principles of sterilization and cell propagation.
 To learn about the techniques for identification of microbes
 Ability to estimate the growth of the cells using different methods.
 Ability to find out the resistance power of microbe s using antibiotics.

TEXT BOOKS
1. Cappuccino, J.G. and N. Sherman ―Microbiology: A Laboratory Manual‖, 4th Edition, Addison-Wesley,
1999.
2. Collee, J.G. etal., ―Mackie & McCartney Practical Medical Microbiology‖ 4th Edition, Churchill
Livingstone, 1996.

HS17461 Advanced Reading and Writing L T P C
Common to CSE, IT, MECH, BT, CIVIL & FT 0 0 2 1

OBJECTIVES:
 To enhance the employability skills of the learners with a special focus on critical thing , reading and writing.
 To enhance proficiency in the language and the ability to write compare and contrast essays effectively.

UNIT I PRIMITIVE READING AND FREE WRITING 6
Reading – Primitive Reading: Reading stories. Skimming: browse through a book or a long passage, understand the
gist of a text. Writing: Free writing – writing about oneself/ family/ native/ hobbies/ festivals, etc. Grammar: Sentence
Structure.

UNIT II SCANNING AND EXPOSITORY WRITING 6
Reading - Scanning: Guessing meaning from the context, surveying the text. Writing – Narrative Writing: Narrating a
story, incident or past events. Grammar – Imperative Sentences.

UNIT III INTENSIVE READING AND DESCRIPTIVE WRITING 6
Reading – Intensive Reading: Drawing inferences from the text, responding critically to the text. Writing – Descriptive
Writing: an incident, place, person, process, etc. Grammar – Different kinds of adjectives.

UNIT IV EXTENSIVE READING AND COMPARATIVE WRITING 6
Reading – Extensive Reading: Reading wide range of articles for better understanding, etc. Writing – Compare and
Contrast: two things/ places/ persons/ ideas, etc. Grammar – Connectives.

UNIT V INFERENTIAL WRITING AND ARGUMENTATIVE/ PERSUASIVE WRITING 6
Reading – Inferential Reading: draw upon prior knowledge, draw conclusions and make inferences. Writing –
Argumentative and Persuasive Writing: establishing facts, forming and stating conclusions. Grammar – Conjunctions,
Cohesive Devices.
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