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INTRODUCTION:
2. INTRODUCTION OF MICROBIOLOGY.
7. CLEANING OF GLASSWARES
8. PREPARATION OF STERILISATION
9. MEDIA PREPARATIONS
13. FUSARIUM
14. TRICHODERMA
APPARATUS:
1. ANALYTICAL BALANCE
3. AUTOCLAVE
6. BOD INCUBATOR
7. BIOSAFETY CABINET
8. HOT PLATE
9. VORTEX MIXTURE
10. pH METER
12. POLARIMETER
REFERENCES
OVER VIEW OF BIOTECH PARK
The State of Uttar Pradesh, a vital hub of scientific activities endowed with rich
biological resources and biodiversity has the unique distinction of having a number
of research institutions, which have expertise and capabilities in biotechnology. In
view of this, Lucknow was declared as the Biotechnology City of India during the
89th session of the Indian Science Congress on January 3, 2002. These institutions
are providing a great impetus and support in the development of Biotech Park.
The Biotech Park has been set up on 8 acres of land provided by the Department of
Science and Technology, Government of Uttar Pradesh. The thrust areas identified
for the initial phase of the Park are:
• Health Care
• Agriculture
• Environment
Biotech Park is divided into following blocks:
• Bioinformatics Centre
• Conference Hall
• Cafeteria
• Laboratory Space
BIOINFORMATICS CENTRE
The extraction unit comprises of solid liquid solvent extraction system with solvent
recovery system for extraction of
Photochemical/Lead molecules from high value
medicinal plants and multipurpose reaction cum
hydrolysis and solvent recovery unit along with
chromatography.
Refrigerated brine chilling circulation unit for carrying out reactions and chilling
of condenser water.
The solid liquid extraction unit consists of two drug holders with agitators of 125 -
150 kg/batch capacity depending on plant bulk density with efficient solvent
recovery system from extract and spent marc.
Silica gel chromatography column is for chromatographic separation over silica gel
with solvent recycling system, for enriching and isolation of the photochemical in
high purity. Stainless steel reaction vessel with agitator and solvent reflux/recovery
system is for production of semi synthetic drug molecules and for chemical
transformations of the photochemical.
BIOFERTILIZER UNIT
This unit has facilities for perfecting the technology and production of bacterial
fertilizers and pesticides, phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB), Azotobacter unit
(with a capacity of producing about 240 tones/annum biofertilizer), Trichoderma
unit (with a capacity of producing about 500 tones/annum biofertilizer).
Tissue culture facility at Biotech Park, Lucknow is spread over 2000 sq ft. Area that
possess the capacity to raise and multiply banana, potato, Jatropha seedlings. The
culture media used in the unit is completely biodegradable and non-toxic.
ADVANTAGES OF PROPAGATION BY TISSUE CULTURE
• Preservation of germplasm.
10000 to 100000 plants / batch and it can produce about 2 million plants/ annum
DISTILLATION UNIT
The distillation unit has been set up for obtaining essential oil
from aromatic plants such as Mentha arvensis, Mentha piperata,
Mentha cardiaca, Lemon grass, Palmarosa, Citronella, Basil,
Vetiver, and Geranium etc. The recovery of essential oil from
different aromatic plants has been found to be relatively high as
compared to conventional distillation unit used by the farmers at
their site. About 1000 kg fresh herbs per batch can be distilled in
the unit. They are quantitatively analyzed using HPLC and
HPTLC.
VERMICOMPOSTING UNIT
Distillation and vermin-composting unit, biofertilizer unit and tissue culture and
hardening facilities are being run under public-private partnership mode as given
below:
• Bio-fertilizer Unit
The biotech park in turn provides incubator facilities to these institutes and
entrepreneurs to perfect the facility, up scale the products and even produce small
quantity for testing and quality control-
Microbiology (from Greek μῑκρος, mīkros, "small"; βίος, bios, "life"; and -λογία,
-logia) is the study of microorganisms, which are unicellular or cell-cluster microscopic
organisms. This includes eukaryotes such as fungi and protists, and prokaryotes.
Viruses, though not strictly classed as living organisms, are also studied. In short;
microbiology refers to the study of life and organisms that are too small to be seen with
the naked eye. Microbiology typically includes the study of the immune system, or
Immunology. Generally, immune systems interact with pathogenic microbes; these two
disciplines often intersect which is why many colleges offer a paired degree such as
"Microbiology and Immunology".
History
Ancient
The existence of microorganisms was hypothesized for many centuries before their
actual discovery. The Roman Marcus Terentius Varro made the first extant reference
to microbes when he warned against locating a homestead in the vicinity of swamps
"because there are bred certain minute creatures which cannot be seen by the eyes,
which float in the air and enter the body through the mouth and nose and there cause
serious diseases.
Modern
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, known as the "father of microbiology", was the first to
observe microorganisms using a microscope. In 1676, Leeuwenhoek first observed
bacteria and other microorganisms, using a single-lens microscope of his own design.
While Van Leeuwenhoek is often cited as the first microbiologist, Robert Hooke made
the first recorded microbiological observation, of the fruiting bodies of molds, in 1665.
The field of bacteriology (later a sub discipline of microbiology) was founded in the 19th
century by Ferdinand Cohn, a botanist whose studies on algae and photosynthetic
bacteria led him to describe several bacteria including Bacillus and Beggiatoa. Cohn
was also the first to formulate a scheme for the taxonomic classification of bacteria.
Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch were contemporaries of Cohn’s and are often
considered to be the founders of medical microbiology. Pasteur is most famous for his
series of experiments designed to disprove the then widely held theory of spontaneous
generation, thereby solidifying microbiology’s identity as a biological science. Pasteur
also designed methods for food preservation (pasteurization) and vaccines against
several diseases such as anthrax, fowl cholera and rabies. Koch is best known for his
contributions to the germ theory of disease, proving that specific diseases were caused
by specific pathogenic microorganisms. He developed a series of criteria that have
become known as the Koch's postulates. Koch was one of the first scientists to focus on
the isolation of bacteria in pure culture resulting in his description of several novel
bacteria including Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis.
While Pasteur and Koch are often considered the founders of microbiology, their work
did not accurately reflect the true diversity of the microbial world because of their
exclusive focus on microorganisms having direct medical relevance. It was not until the
late 19th century and the work of Martinus Beijerinck and Sergei Winogradsky, the
founders of general microbiology (an older term encompassing aspects of microbial
physiology, diversity and ecology), that the true breadth of microbiology was revealed.
Beijerinck made two major contributions to microbiology: the discovery of viruses and
the development of enrichment culture techniques. While his work on the Tobacco
mosaic virus established the basic principles of virology, it was his development of
enrichment culturing that had the most immediate impact on microbiology by allowing
for the cultivation of a wide range of microbes with wildly different physiologies.
Winogradsky was the first to develop the concept of Chemolithotrophy and to thereby
reveal the essential role played by microorganisms in geochemical processes. He was
responsible for the first isolation and description of both nitrifying and nitrogen-fixing
bacteria
The scope and Relevance of Microbiology
Microbiologist will be faced with many exciting and important future challenges
such as finding new ways to combat disease, reduce pollution, and feed the World’s
populations. As the study of gene structure, the control of diseases and the industrial
processes based on the phenomenal ability of microorganism to decompose and
synthesized complex organic molecules. Microbiology is one of the most rewarding
of profession because it gives its practitioners the opportunity to be in contact with
all the other natural sciences and thus to contribute in many different ways to the
betterment of human life.
Types of Microbiology
Medical Microbiology:
It includes the study of the role of microbes in human illness. Includes the study of
microbial pathogenesis and epidemiology and is related to the study of disease
pathology and immunology.
Environmental Microbiology:
This is the study of the function and diversity of microbes in their natural
environmental. It includes the study microbial ecology, microbial-mediated nutrient
cycling, geo microbiology, microbial diversity and bioremediation. Characterization
of key bacterial habitats such as the rhizosphere and phyllosphere, soil and ground
water ecosystems, open oceans or extreme environments (extremophiles).
Industrial Microbiology:
This includes the exploitation of microbes for use in industrial processes. Examples
include industrial fermentation and waste water treatment. It is closely linked to the
biotechnology industry. This field also includes brewing, an important application of
microbiology.
Food Microbiology:
Food microbiology is the study of microorganisms causing food spoilage.
Pharmaceutical Microbiology:
Bacteria are microscopic organism whose single cells have neither a membrane-
bounded nucleus nor other membrane - bounded organelles like mitochondria and
chloroplast. Another group of microbes, the archaea, meet these criteria but are so
different from the bacteria in other ways that must have had a long, independent
evolutionary history since close to the dawn of life. In fact, there is considerable
evidence that you are more closely related to the archaea than they are to the
bacteria.
FIGURE OF BACTERIA
What are fungi?
Fungi are a group of organisms and micro-organisms that are classified within their
own kingdom, the fungal kingdom, as they are neither plant nor animal. Fungi draw
their nutrition from decaying organic matters, living plants and even animals. They
do not photosynthesize as they totally lack the green pigment chlorophyll, present in
green plants. Many play an important role in the natural cycle as decomposers and
return nutrients to the soil, they are not all destructive. Fungi are even used for
medical purposes, such as species within the Penicillium genus which provide
antibiotics, e.g. penicillin.
FIGURE OF FUNGI
RULES OF MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY
METHODS OF STERILISATION:
Sterilization is a process of making an article surface or medium free from any type
of microorganisms. Through sterilization any kind of microorganisms can be
removed. However sterilization is one of the most steps for cultivation, isolation and
study of microorganisms in the laboratory. There are few other methods for
destroying the microorganisms such as disinfection and incineration.
TYPES OF STERILISATION:
a) Physical
b) Chemical
There are many kinds of physical methods used to sterilize the materials:
1) MOIST HEAT: Culture media are sterilized by using moist heat i.e. steam under
pressure. It is done through water vapor and also by using pressure cooker.
2) DRY HEAT: Dry heat is produced by a hot air oven. Glassware like pipettes,
Petri-dishes, test tubes etc. is sterilized in an oven at 150 0C for one hour and 250 C
for 30 minutes. Care should be taken to remove these instruments only when the
temperature cools down otherwise the glassware will be broken. In addition sterilize
the mouth of culture tubes, glass slides etc. through flaming i.e. bringing these near
the vicinity of flame of the burner only for a second. Perform incineration of
inoculation needle, inoculation loop and points of forceps by keeping their points in
the flames until they turn red hot.
REQUIREMENTS:
Dextrose : 20gm
Agar : 15gm
HCl : 1N
NaOH : 1N
Knife
Muslin cloth
Heater
PROCEDURE:
2. Chop the tubers into small pieces with the help of a knife.
4. Boil the contents with the help of a heater for about 20 minutes.
5. Decant supernatant, filter with 4 fold of the muslin cloth & collect the filtrate
into a beaker. This filtrate is called potato extract.
6. Transfer dextrose (20g) and agar (15g) into the extract and gently heat and
shake to dissolve the ingredients.
7. Finally transfer this medium into a measuring cylinder of 1 liter capacity and
make the volume to 1 liter by adding more distilled water.
8. Measure the pH of the medium and adjust to 5-6 by using 1N HCl or NaOH.
9. Pour the medium into two or more Erlenmeyer flasks, put cotton plug, and
cover the plug with aluminium foil/paper and autoclave at 121 degree Celsius
for 20 minutes.
10. When temperature cools down take out the flasks and use if required or store
at room temperature.
REQUIREMENTS:
PDA medium
Heater
PROCEDURE:
1. Before starting autoclaving place few Petri-dishes into an oven and sterilize
them at 2000C for about half an hour.
2. When temperature cools down, transfer them into the cabin of the laminar
air flow or inoculation chamber built for inoculation work. However, these
must be sterilized by UV light 30 minutes before start of the work.
3. Bring the flask containing PDA medium and pour about 15-20 ml medium
aseptically into the bottom half of the Petri-dishes when temperature remains
to about 400C (care should be taken not to pour too hot medium otherwise it
will cause condensation of vapor into water droplets and help
contamination).
4. Place the plates in tiers and wait for about 20-30 minutes to solidify the
medium.
5. These plates containing solidified medium are called PDA plates (agar
plates).
6. Use the plates immediately for cultivation of fungi or store for further use.
7. PDA plates, NAM plates and other agar plates are also prepared following
the same procedure.
SOIL BORNE DISEASES IN HORTICULTURE PLANTS CAUSED BY
FUSARIUM
Se
ed rot-seedling blight
Fusarium avenaceum
Fusarium culmorum
Fusarium moniliforme
Fusarium graminearum
IN POTATO:
Fusarium Dry Rot - F. sambucinum, F. solani, F. avenaceum
IN TOMATO:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Zingiber
Species: officinale
Binomial name
Zingiber officinale
Ginger oil has been shown to prevent skin cancer in mice and a study at the
University of Michigan demonstrated that gingerols can kill ovarian cancer cells.
Ginger has a sialagogue action, stimulating the production of saliva, which makes
swallowing easier.
Young ginger rhizomes are juicy and fleshy with a very mild taste. They are often
pickled in vinegar or sherry as a snack or just cooked as an ingredient in many
dishes. They can also be stewed in boiling water to make ginger tea, to which honey
is often added; sliced orange or lemon fruit may also be added
DISEASES IN GINGER
Ginger is the second most important cash crop of Sikkim. Diseases are important
production constraints and often associated with Ralstonia (Pseudomonas)
solanacearum, Pythium spp., Fusarium oxysporum and Pratylenchus coffeae.
Rhizome rot is a complex problem caused by multiple factors. Beside pathogens, the
acidic soil condition of the soil is another important factor for the disease.
September onwards there is little loss since by then temperature goes down and the
rainfall is almost stopped.
Bacterial Wilt:
The bacterial wilt is the most important diseases of all and is very serious. 95% of
the ginger growing areas are infected with this disease in both Darjeeling and
Sikkim Hills.
Fungal Diseases:
The fungal or yellowing of ginger is another important disease and found to occur in
both Darjeeling and Sikkim Hills. Like bacterial wilt it also spreads very fast. The
plant infected with this disease looks yellow which starts from the lowermost leaf on
the leaf margins that progress very fast to the upper leaves.
Usually it occurs with bacterial wilt but can be easily identified with that of wilting.
Like bacterial wilt, it cannot be identified in the seed rhizome.
The disease is caused by fungi Fusarium oxysporium and Pythium spp. usually
appears along with the bacterial wilt causing soft rot.
.
TOMATO
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Species: S. lycopersicum
Binomial name
Solanum lycopersicum
L.
Synonyms
Lycopersicon lycopersicum
Lycopersicon esculentum
Leaf Mold
Leaf mold is caused by the fungus, Fulvia fulva, also known as Cladosporium fulverum.
This is a disease of tomatoes only. The disease occurs all over the world, but it is
primarily a greenhouse disease in Connecticut. It causes tomato leaves to fall off, which
will lower yield. High humidity is required for this fungus to grow successfully.
Identification of Disease: Fungal growth is seen on undersides of leaves only. The color
of the fungal growth is unusual, especially the deeper color in center.
Late Blight
Late Blight is a very devastating disease of tomato, potato, and eggplant. It is caused by
the fungus Phytophthora infestans. Growth Stages Affected/ Time of Season. Leaves,
green and ripe fruit and stems are affected.
Symptoms: Fields should be scouted frequently in the early morning when the leaves
are still wet. Dark green water-soaked spots appear on leaves. The spots sometimes have
a purplish tinge and are an indefinite shape. They enlarge rapidly to green or brown
spots which can cover most of the leaf. Fluffy gray to white moldy growth appears on
undersides of the small leaf spots when lesions and a ring of moldy growth can be seen
on undersides of larger spots. This growth can be seen in early morning when leaves are
still wet. Dark brown to black spots form on stems, which can cause the portions of the
plant beyond the stem spot to dry up rapidly. This disease causes a rot of green and ripe
fruit in which dark greenish-brown greasy areas form and may enlarge until the entire
fruit is covered. Generally the fruit remains firm, although, secondary soft rot often sets
in. Favorable weather for this disease is cool nights, with warm days. High humidity for
24 to 48 hours allowing leaves to remain wet after rain.
Identification of Disease: Patchy spots and fluffy white growth on the undersides of
leaves are present in the early morning. There are stem spots. This affects green and
ripe fruit.
Silver Scurf
Powdery Scab
Black Scurf
Skin Spot
Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans) is generally an invisible fungus until after
approximately 2 months of storage, when the infected tissue begins to show spots. They
tend to be bluish black and slightly raised.
FUSARIUM
TRICHODERMA
Trichoderma is a genus of fungi that is present in all soils, where they are the most
prevalent culturable fungi. Many species in this genus can be characterized as
opportunistic avirulent plant symbionts
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Subdivision: Pezizomycotina
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Trichoderma colony in nature
Family: Hypocreaceae
Cultures are typically fast growing at 25-
30°C, but will not grow at 35° C. Colonies Genus: Trichoderma
are transparent at first on media such as
cornmeal dextrose agar (CMD) or white on richer media such as potato dextrose
agar (PDA).
Mycelium are not typically obvious on CMD, conidia typically form within one week
in compact or loose tufts in shades of green or yellow or less frequently white.
A yellow pigment may be secreted into the agar, especially on PDA. Some species
produce a characteristic sweet or 'coconut' odor.
Conidiophores are highly branched and thus difficult to define or measure, loosely
or compactly tufted, often formed in distinct concentric rings or borne along the
scant aerial hyphae.
Main branches of the conidiophores produce lateral side branches that may be
paired or not, the longest branches distant from the tip and often phialides arising
directly from the main axis near the tip.
The branches may rebranch, with the secondary branches often paired and longest
secondary branches being closest to the main axis. All primary and secondary
branches arise at or near 90° with respect to the main axis.
Phialides are typically enlarged in the middle but may be cylindrical or nearly
subglobose. Phialides may be held in whorls, at an angle of 90° with respect to other
members of the whorl, or they may be variously penicillate (gliocladium-like).
Phialides may be densely clustered on wide main axis (e.g. T. polysporum, T.
hamatum) or they may be solitary (e.g. T. longibrachiatum).
Conidia typically appear dry but in some species they may be held in drops of clear
green or yellow liquid (e.g. T. virens, T. flavofuscum). Conidia of most species are
ellipsoidal, 3-5 x 2-4 µm (L/W = > 1.3); globose conidia (L/W < 1.3) are rare. Conidia
are typically smooth but tuberculate to finely warted conidia are known in a few
species.
Synanamorphs are formed by some species that also have typical Trichoderma
pustules. Synanamorphs are recognized by their solitary conidiophores that are
verticillately branched and that bear conidia in a drop of clear green liquid at the tip
of each phialide.
Chlamydospores may be produced by all species, but not all species produce
chlamydospores on CMD at 20° C within 10 days. Chlamydospores are typically
unicellular subglobose and terminate short hyphae; they may also be formed within
hyphal cells. Chlamydospores of some species are multicellular (e.g. T.
stromaticum).
Trichoderma species are frequently isolated from forest or agricultural soils at all
latitudes. Hypocrea species are most frequently found on bark or on decorticated
wood but many species grow on bracket fungi (e.g. H. pulvinata), Exidia (H.
sulphurea) or bird's nest fungi (H. latizonata) or agarics (H. avellanea).
Synanamorphs are formed by some species that also have typical Trichoderma
pustules. Synanamorphs are recognized by their solitary conidiophores that are
verticillately branched and that bear conidia in a drop of clear green liquid at the tip
of each phialide.
ASPERGILLUS
Viewing the fungi under a microscope, Micheli was reminded of the shape of an
Aspergillum (holy water sprinkler), and named the genus accordingly. Today
"aspergillum" is also the name of an asexual spore-forming structure common to all
Aspergilli; around one-third of species are also known to have a sexual stage
Conidial head of Aspergillus niger Aspergillus on tomato in details
Aspergillus species are highly aerobic and are found in almost all oxygen-rich
environments, where they commonly grow as molds on the surface of a substrate, as
a result of the high oxygen tension.
Aspergillus niger is a prime example of this; it can be found growing on damp walls,
as a major component of mildew.
Commercial importance
Various Penicillium, Aspergillus spp. (and some other fungi) growing in axenic
culture.
Species of Aspergillus are important medically and commercially. Some species can
cause infection in humans and other animals. Some infections found in animals have
been studied for years. Some species found in animals have been described as new
and specific to the investigated disease and others have been known as names
already in use for organisms such as saprophytes.
ASPERGILLUS NIGER is also commonly used for the production of native and
foreign enzymes, including glucose oxidase and hen egg white lysozyme. In these
instances, the culture is rarely grown on a solid substrate, although this is still
common practice in Japan, but is more often grown as a submerged culture in a
bioreactor.
Aspergillosis
LEMONGRASS
TAXONOMY:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Cymbopogon
Species: flexuosus
Fresh C. citratus grass contains about 0.4% of volatile oil. The oil contains 65% to
85% of citral (key component that gives lemony aroma n taste in lemon grass n have
found to be essential in cancer cell commit suicide)(a mixture of 2 geometric
isomers, geraniol and neral). Citral is used as a flavoring to fortify lemon oil and in
perfumes and colognes for its lemon scent. Citral isolated from C. citratus from
Laguna was found to be of good quality with 93.7% purity. GC analysis in 1 report
finds geraniol and neral, along with related geraniol, geranic acid, and nerolic acid.
Other compounds found in the oil include myrcene (12% to 25%)(lemongrass tea
has potent analgesic activity in rodents, and beta-myrcene was subsequently
identified as the active ingredient responsible for this effect.), diterpenes,
methylheptenone, citronellol, linalol, farnesol, other alcohols, aldehydes, linalool,
terpineol, and more than a dozen other minor fragrant component .Reports
concerning chemical analyses of C. citratus specific to country of origin are
available, finding some similarities to the above components. Philippine lemongrass
has been found to contain alpha and beta pinene, limonene, phellandrene, and
others, findings of 21 components such as anisaldehyde, cinnamaldehyde, catechol,
and hydroquinone from certain fractions of this species from Bangladesh, and
various constituents from this species and others (including C. winterianus, C.
jwarancusa) from China and Morocco.
Other species' chemical components have been reported. C. flexuosus grass contains
approximately 0.5% volatile oil, which in some strains contains up to 85% citral.
However, many strains have a higher concentration of geraniol (50%) with citral
(10% to 20%) and methyl eugenol as minor components. Yet another type of East
Indian lemongrass is reported to contain no citral but up to 30% borneol.
Nonvolatile components of C. citratus consist of luteolins, homo-orientin,
chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, P-coumaric acid, fructose, sucrose, octacosanol, and
others. Flavonoids luteolin and 6-C-glucoside have also been isolated. One study
reports high concentrations of cobalt.
PROCEDURE OF EXTRACTION
12. Subtract the weight of empty vial from the weight of vial
containing oil to obtain the oil content.
13. Calculate the % yield from the following formula:
=1.707 /200×100
= 0 .8535% oil
OIL ANALYSIS
AIM: To determine the specific gravity of LEMON GRASS and
LEMON GRASS oil sample.
PROCEDURE:
Y-X
= 19.4637 –
19.0440/19.5446-19.0440
= 0.838
Where,
=19.4942-
19.0555/19.5619-19.0555
=0.8762
Where:
EXPERIMENT 2
To determine acid value and free fatty acid (FFA) content of oil
sample.
PROCEDURE
Take an empty small beaker and weigh.
Add 0.5ml of oil sample in the beaker & weigh.
Add 5 ml of Isopropyl alcohol to the oil sample in beaker.
Sample weight
Where,
Sample weight
Where