B.Sc. (Biotechnology) Medical Biotechnology Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This is the SY BSc Biotechnology syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2025-26. 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 Medical Biotechnology
Module I: General Bacteriology and Bacteria as Human pathogen, Host
- parasite interactions Host Parasite Relationship: Koch’s Postulates. (1 lecture)
- Normal Flora of human body & various pathogens associated with each part. Concept of Microbiome, Germ-free animals (2 lecture) Origin of Pathogens & Acquisition of Infection- Vectors, sources of infection, various routes of transmission (3 lecture) Factors Affecting the Course of Infection and Disease: (1 lecture) Mechanisms of Infection and Virulence Factors (Adhesion factors, Capsule, Enzymes, Toxins). (2 lectures) Various stages of clinical infections. (1 lecture) Patterns of Infection; Types of Infections; Signs and Symptoms. (2 lecture) Introduction to Epidemiology and Epidemiological Markers. (1 lecture) Opportunistic pathogens, Nosocomial infections. (2 lectures)
Module II: Infectious diseases
- Introduction: Various pathogens associated with various systems Respiratory tract, Gastrointestinal tract, Genitourinary tract, central nervous system) and diseases caused by them (disease caused and pathogen responsible) (1 Lecture)
- Following to be covered for the pathogen mentioned: Pathogenesis, symptoms and laboratory diagnosis, epidemiology, prophylaxis and treatment.
- Skin infections - S. aureus (2 lectures)
- Urinary tract infections: E. coli, Proteus sp. (2 lectures)
- Respiratory Tract Infections: M. tuberculosis (2 lectures)
- Gastrointestinal tract infections: Enteric fever- Salmonella (2 lectures)
- Sexually transmitted disease: Syphilis (2 lectures)
- Nosocomial infections: Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1 lecture)
- Fungal disease: Candidiasis (1 lecture)
Text Books
- 1 Ananthanarayan and Panicker’s, Textbook of Microbiology, 9th edition
- 2 Jawetz, Melnick and Adelberg’s Medical Microbiology, 26th Edition, Lange publication
- 3 Microbiology–6th Edition (2006), Pelczar M.J., Chan E.C.S., Krieg N.R., The McGraw Hill Companies Inc. NY
- 4 Prescott's Microbiology, 8th edition (2010), Joanne M Willey, Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood,
- 5 Foundations in Microbiology by K.P.Talaro, B.Chess, McGrawHill Education, 10th Edition
- 6 Microbiology An Introduction, 10th Edition Gerard J.Tortora, Erdell R.Funke, Christine L. Case.
- 1 Mim’s Medical microbiology Richard V Goering, Hazel M Dockrell, Mark Zuckerman, Peter L Chiodini, Ivan M Roitt Fifth edition, Elsevier.
- 2 Koneman’s Color Atlas and Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology by Gary W. Procop, Deirdre L. Church, Geraldine S. Hall (z-lib.org)
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Biotechnology) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2025-26. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.