GATE 2025 Microbiology Syllabus (Available) – Download (XL-S) Syllabus PDF Here

The GATE 2025 syllabus for Microbiology has been officially released by IIT Roorkee. This national-level examination, is essential for admission to postgraduate programs in engineering and technology, specifically ME/M. Tech provides a detailed outline of the topics covered in the Microbiology exam.

The GATE 2025 exam is scheduled for the 1st, 2nd, 15th, and 16th of February 2025. The Microbiology syllabus includes key areas such as microbiological techniques, microbial physiology, genetics, and environmental microbiology. This comprehensive syllabus ensures that candidates are well-prepared to tackle both theoretical and practical aspects of Microbiology.

For complete and up-to-date information about the GATE 2025 syllabus, including specific topics and guidelines, candidates should refer to the official resources provided by IIT Roorkee. Thorough preparation based on this syllabus is crucial for performing well in the exam and advancing in the field of Microbiology.

GATE 2025 Microbiology Syllabus – PDF Released

GATE 2025 Microbiology Syllabus

Section 1: Historical Perspective

Discovery of microbial world; Landmark discoveries relevant to microbiology; Controversy over a spontaneous generation; Role of microorganisms in transforming organic matter and in the causation of diseases.

Section 2: Methods in Microbiology

Pure culture techniques; Theory and practice of sterilization; Principles of microbial nutrition; Enrichment culture techniques for isolating microorganisms; Light-, phase contrast- and electron microscopy.

Section 3: Microbial Taxonomy and Diversity

Bacteria, Archaea, and their broad classification; Eukaryotic microbes: Yeasts, moulds, and protozoa; Viruses and their classification; Molecular approaches to microbial taxonomy.

Section 4: Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells: Structure and Function

Prokaryotic Cells: cell walls, cell membranes, mechanisms of solute transport across membranes, Flagella and Pili, Capsules, Cell inclusions like endospores and gas vesicles; Eukaryotic cell organelles: Endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, mitochondria, and chloroplasts.

Section 5: Microbial Growth

Definition of growth; Growth curve; Mathematical expression of exponential growth phase; Measurement of growth and growth yields; Synchronous growth; Continuous culture; Effect of environmental factors on growth.

Section 6: Control of Micro-organisms

Effect of physical and chemical agents; Evaluation of the effectiveness of antimicrobial agents.

Section 7: Microbial Metabolism

Energetics: redox reactions and electron carriers; An overview of metabolism; Glycolysis; Pentose-phosphate pathway; Entner-Doudoroff pathway; Glyoxalate pathway; The citric acid cycle; Fermentation; Aerobic and anaerobic respiration; Chemolithotrophy; Photosynthesis; Calvin cycle; Biosynthetic pathway for fatty acids synthesis; Common regulatory mechanisms in the synthesis of amino acids; Regulation of major metabolic pathways.

Section 8: Microbial Diseases and Host-Pathogen Interaction

Normal microbiota; Classification of infectious diseases; Reservoirs of infection; Nosocomial infection; Emerging infectious diseases; Mechanism of microbial pathogenicity; Nonspecific defence of host; Antigens and antibodies; Humoral and cell-mediated immunity; Vaccines; Immune deficiency; Human diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, and pathogenic fungi.

Section 8: Chemotherapy/Antibiotics

General characteristics of antimicrobial drugs; Antibiotics: Classification, mode of action and resistance; Antifungal and antiviral drugs.

Section 9: Microbial Genetics

Types of mutation; UV and chemical mutagens; Selection of mutants; Ames test for mutagenesis; Bacterial genetic system: transformation, conjugation, transduction, recombination, plasmids, transposons; DNA repair; regulation of gene expression: repression and induction; Operon model; Bacterial genome with special reference to E.coli; Phage A and its life cycle; RNA phages; RNA viruses; Retroviruses; the Basic concept of microbial genomics.

Section 10: Microbial Ecology

Microbial interactions; Carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen cycles; Soil microorganisms associated with vascular plants.

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