Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

In a mouse model, a high-fat diet promotes dysbios is of the gut microbiota and depletion of the microbial metabolite indole-3-acetic acid, resulting in reduced antibiotic effectiveness against bacterial infections.

Enzymes are thought to be a potential biocatalyst for a wide range of reactions. Microbial enzymes, in particular, have numerous applications in industry and medicine. Additionally, microbial enzymes are more active and stable than plant and animal enzymes. Furthermore, because of their biochemical diversity and susceptibility to gene manipulation, microorganisms represent an alternative source of enzymes because they can be cultured in large quantities in a short period of time via fermentation.

Aggregate of microorganisms in which cells adhere to each other and/or to a surface and are frequently embedded within a self-produced matrix of extracellular polymeric substance (EPS). A biofilm is a system whose inhabitants can adapt internally to environmental conditions. Slime, or self-produced extracellular polymeric material, is a polymeric conglomeration made up of extracellular biopolymers in various structural types.

Microorganisms (bacteria, archaea, viruses, and microbial eukaryotes) in the aquatic world, including their biodiversity, ecology, and biogeochemistry, are studied in marine microbiology. The use of metagenomics in revealing the abundance and composition of marine microbial ecosystems has been crucial

Microbial pathogenesis, public health principles, epidemiology, molecular genetics, virology, and environmental and industrial microbial processes are all included in the Public Health and Microbiology concentration. This concentration prepares students for technical work or graduate school in microbial disease systems using polymerase chain reaction and other molecular diagnostic methods, as well as environmental and industrial applications of microbial systems.

Pharmaceutical Microbiology deals with the study of microorganisms that is concerned within the manufacture of prescribed drugs. Alternative aspects of pharmaceutical biological science embrace the analysis and development of anti-infective agents, the use of microorganisms in the production of pharmaceutical products such as endocrine and human human growth hormone, and hence the use of microorganisms in the production of pharmaceutical products such as endocrine and human human growth hormone.

Antimicrobials are chemicals that destroy or prevent the growth of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. They are classified as antibacterials, antivirals, antifungals, and antiparasitics. Antibacterials are used to treat bacterial infections, antivirals are used t o treat viruses, and antifungals and antiparasitics are used to treat fungi and parasites, respectively.

Plant-associated microbes are the subject of agricultural microbiology research. Its aim is to solve issues in agricultural practises that are typically caused by a lack of biodiversity in microbial communities. Understanding microbial strains that are important to agricultural applications can help improve things like soil nutrients, plant-pathogen tolerance, crop robustness.

Immunology is a branch of science that studies the immune system, including both innate and acquired immunity, as well as laboratory techniques involving the interaction of antigens with particular antibodies. Microbiology is a branch of science that studies different microorganisms. Microbiology is the study of bacteria's structure and various physical, chemical, and biological characteristics that relate to their disease-causing potential.

The tendency of an organism to cause disease is referred to as pathogenicity (ie, harm the host). The overt damage done to the host is a property of the host-pathogen relationships, and this capacity represents a genetic component of the pathogen. This innate propensity to inflict disease is absent in commensals and opportunistic pathogens. Disease is not, however, an unavoidable result of the host-pathogen relationship.

Infections caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, mycobacteria, and parasites can all be treated through rapid detection of microorganisms in clinical microbiology. Rapid detection of microorganisms in clinical samples allows for a more rapid switch from broad-spectrum to tailored antimicrobial therapy.

The microbiome is the genetic material of all microbes that exist on and within the human body, including bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses. The total number of genes in a person's microbiome is 200 times greater than the number of genes in the human genome. It's possible that the microbiota weighs up to five pounds.

Synthetic biology is a form of biotechnology that involves the development of Synthetic biotechnology includes the manipulation of biological compounds including incorporation of synthetic aminoacids into proteins, DNA synthesis and manipulation using synthetic sequences, oligonucleotide synthesis, protein alteration using synthetic compounds etc.

The study of the structure and physiology of microbial communities in the atmosphere is known as environmental microbiology. The study of microorganisms in the atmosphere has been revolutionised by molecular biology, which has enhanced our understanding of the structure, phylogeny, and physiology of microbial species. The scientific study of microorganisms in the atmosphere is known as environmental microbiology. Air microbiology, soil microbiology, and water microbiology are all part of this field.

Detection and diagnosis of microbes: Identification, characterization, data base and storage facilities development for microbial culture collection. Food spoilage and Foodborne pathogenic microbes. Mycotoxigenic fungi and other toxin producing microbes. Beneficial microbes. Establishment of database and storage facilities for microbial culture collections