| Week |
Course Content |
| Week 1 |
1. Introduction |
| Week 2 |
2. Techniques for isolation of pure culture |
| Week 3 |
3. Bacterial staining: Simple staining, negative staining, Gram stain |
| Week 4 |
4. Bacterial staining: Spore and capsule stain |
| Week 5 |
5. Nutritional requirements: Media for the routine cultivation of bacteria |
| Week 6 |
6. The bacterial growth curve |
| Week 7 |
7. Use of differential and selective media |
| Week 8 |
8. Extra-cellular enzymatic activities of microorganisms |
| Week 9 |
9. IMViC test |
| Week 10 |
10. Carbohydrate fermentation |
| Week 11 |
11. Cultivation and enumeration of bacteriophages |
| Week 12 |
12. Isolation of plasmid, bacteriophage, and chromosome DNA |
| Week 13 |
13. Recombinant DNA technique (I) |
| Week 14 |
14. Recombinant DNA technique (II) |
| Week 15 |
15. Cultivation and enumeration of bacteriophages |
| Week 16 |
16. 16S Library preparation |
| Week 17 |
17. Bioinformatic analysis |
| Week 18 |
18. Final exam |