This site is dedicated to the students, especially of B.Sc. Microbiology programme of the Department of Microbiology, at Indira Gandhi College of Arts and Science, Pondicherry. The main objective behind maintaining this site is to
1. Facilitate the students to train themselves to face the M.Sc. entrance programme of various universities
2. To disseminate information related to entrance examinations of M.Sc. programmes
3. To provide materials for preparing for their admission to M.Sc. programmes
For Pondicherry University M. Sc. (Microbiology) programme, to score in the entrance examination get ready with the following topics (weightage provided in brackets)
1. Medical Microbiology (10-15 %)
2. Virology (10%)
3. Immunology (7%)
4. Molecular Biology & rDNA Technology (10-30%)
5. Microbial Nutrition
6. Enzymology
7. N cycling & Soil Microbiology
8. Microbial Ecology
9. Cell Biology
10. Biochemistry
Some common topics asked in every year includes:
I. Transposons and Operons
2. Vaccines
3. Hepattis B
4. Scientists contribution (Only Nobel laureates)
The titles of the books you can use for preparing the topics
1. Willey J.M., Sherwood, L.M. and Woolverton C.J. (2009) Prescott’s Principles of Microbiology, McGraw-Hill Higher Education. p.969.
2. Black J.G. (2012) Microbiology: Principles and Explorations. 8th Edn. John Wiley and Sons. p.975.
3. Madigan, M.T., Martinko, J.M., Bender K.S., Buckley D.H. and Stahl D.A. (2015) Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 14th Edn., Pearson-Benjamin Cummings, p.1041.
4. Nester, E.W., Anderson, D.G., Roberts, C.E. and Nester M.T. (2009) Microbiology: a Human Perspective. 6th Edn. The McGraw Hill Companies p.884.
5.Staley, J.T., Gonsalus, R.P., Lory S. and Perry J.J. (2007) Microbial Life. 2nd Edn. Sinauer Associates p.813.
6. Slonczewski J.L., Foster J.W. Gillen K.M. (2011) Microbiology An Evolving Science, 2nd Edn., W.W. Norton & Company, p. 787.
7. Hofkin B.V. (2011) Living in microbial world, Garland Science, p.496
8. Tortora, G.J., Funke, B.R. and Chase C.L. (2013) Microbiology: An Introduction. 11th Edn. Pearson-Benjamin Cummings p.975.
9. Talaro K.P. and B. Chess (2015) Foundations in Microbiology, 9th Edn. The Mc Graw Hill Companies p.929.
10. Pommerville J.C. (2011) Alcamo’s Fundamentals of Microbiology, 9th Edn. Jones and Bartlett Publishers. p.915.
11. Cowan M.K. (2012) Microbiology A Systems Approach, 3rd Edn. McGraw-Hill Higher Education. p.881.
12. Hogg S. (2005) Essential Microbiology. John-Wiley & Sons Ltd. p.481.