B.Sc. (Biotechnology) Practical in Medical Biotechnology Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This is the TY BSc Biotechnology syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. The University still examines the earlier Choice Based papers alongside it — her third-year office registers name that scheme — so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.
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Syllabus for Practical in Medical Biotechnology
- 3 Determination of MIC of antibiotics by :
- a Macrodilution method
- b Microdilution method
- 4 Determination of MLC of an antibiotic
- 5 Antibiotic sensitivity test using :
- a agar cup method
- b disc method
- c ditch plate method.
- 6 To study synergistic action of drugs
- a Crossed-strip method
- b Checkerboard assay (Demonstration).
- 7 Bioassay of antibiotic (Penicillin)
- 8 Epsilometer test (E-test) - Gradient Diffusion Test
- a Antibiotic Ε-Test
- b Antifungal Ε-test
- 9 DNA Amplification – PCR. (Demonstration)
- 10 Lab diagnosis of dengue (Demo)
- 11 Online short-term certificate course (3-5 hrs) (relevant to pathology / medical diagnostics / AI in healthcare) Eg:https://www.mygreatlearning.com/academy/learn-for-free/courses/ai- in-healthcare
Textbooks
- 1 Essentials of Practical Microbiology – Apurba S. Sastry & Sandhya Bhat (2021)
- 2 Microbiology Practical Manual – Amita Jain, Jyotsna Agarwal, et al. (2018)
- 3 Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology-Connie R. Mahon, Donald C. Lehman, George Manuselis (7th Edition, 2022)
- 1 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Protocols – Richard Schwalbe, Lynn Steele-Moore, Avery C. Goodwin
- 2 Diagnostic Microbiology – Connie R. Mahon, Donald C. Lehman, George Manuselis
- 3 Molecular Biotechnology: Principles and Techniques-2nd Edition,1999
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Biotechnology) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.