No

Period (From to)

Practicals

1

18-23^rd July

1.        Setting up of Winogradsky’s column for studying nitrogen and sulphur metabolizing bacteria. (18^th July) 

2.        Setting up of Winogradsky’s column for enrichment of phenol degrading bacteria. 

3.        Isolation of pure cultures by streak plate and spread method. 

4.        To determine correlation between viable count and turbidity of bacterial culture. 

2

15-20^th August

5.        Growth curve of bacteria by turbidimetric and viable count technique 

6.        Determination of generation time of bacteria 

7.        Isolation of organic acid producing bacteria 

8.        Screening of antibiotic producing bacteria by crowded plate technique 

3

12-17^th September

9.        Determining b-galactosidase activity from whole cells of E. coli 

10.     Isolation of rhizobia, azotobacter, yeast, actinomycetes from soil. 

4

10-15^th October

11.     Isolation and identification of Gram-positive bacilli using biochemical characteristics 

5

7-12^th November

12.     Bioassay of penicillin/streptomycin 

13.     Chemical estimation of penicillin/ streptomycin.