GATE Microbiology Syllabus for Historical Perspective
| Discovery of microbial world Landmark discoveries relevant to the field of microbiology Controversy over spontaneous generation Role of microorganisms in the transformation of organic matter and the causation of diseases.
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GATE Microbiology syllabus for Methods in Microbiology
| Pure culture technique Principles of microbial nutrition Enrichment culture techniques for isolation of microorganisms Antigen and antibody detection methods for microbial diagnosis Light-, phase contrast-, fluorescence- and electron-microscopy PCR, real-time PCR for quantitation of microbes Next generation sequencing technologies in microbiology
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GATE Microbiology Syllabus 2026 for Microbial Taxonomy and Diversity | Bacteria Archea and their broad classification Eukaryotic microbes: Yeasts, molds and protozoa Viruses and their classification Molecular approaches to microbial taxonomy and phylogeny
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GATE Microbiology Syllabus for Prokaryotic Cells: Structure and Function | Cell walls, cell membranes and their biosynthesis Mechanisms of solute transport across membranes Flagella and Pili Capsules Cell inclusions like endospores and gas vesicles Bacterial locomotion Including positive and negative chemotaxis
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GATE Microbiology Syllabus Microbial Growth | Definition of growth Growth curve Mathematical expression of the exponential growth phase Measurement of growth and growth yields Synchronous growth Continuous culture Effect of environmental factors on growth Bacterial biofilm and biofouling
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GATE Microbiology syllabus for Control of Micro-organisms
| Disinfection and Sterilization: Principles, methods and assessment of efficacy. |
GATE Microbiology syllabus for Microbial Metabolism | Energetics: redox reactions and electron carriers Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation An overview of metabolism Glycolysis Pentose-phosphate pathway EntnerDoudoroff 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 synthesis of amino acids Regulation of major metabolic pathways
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GATE Microbiology syllabus for Microbial Diseases and Host Pathogen Interaction | Normal microbiota Classification of infectious diseases Reservoirs of infection Nosocomial infection Opportunistic infections Emerging infectious diseases Mechanism of microbial pathogenicity Nonspecific defense of host Antigens and antibodies Humoral and cell-mediated immunity Vaccines Passive immunization Immune deficiency Human diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, and pathogenic fungi
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GATE Microbiology syllabus for Chemotherapy/Antibiotics | Normal microbiota Classification of infectious diseases Reservoirs of infection Nosocomial infection Opportunistic infections Emerging infectious diseases Mechanism of microbial pathogenicity Nonspecific defense of host Antigens and antibodies Humoral and cell-mediated immunity Vaccines Passive immunization Immune deficiency Human diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, and pathogenic fungi
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GATE Microbiology syllabus for 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 λ and its life cycle; RNA; Mutation in virus genomes, virus recombination and reassortment; Basic concept of microbial genomic
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GATE Microbiology syllabus for Microbial Ecology | Microbial interactions Carbon, sulphur and nitrogen cycles Soil microorganisms associated with vascular plants Bioremediation Uncultivable microorganisms Basic concept of metagenomics and metatranscriptomics
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