Syllabus | FOOD MICROBIOLOGY | B. Sc. (Nutrition & Dietetics) | Second Year

Domain

Time

Module 1

• General characteristics of bacteria, fungi, virus, protozoa, and algae.
• -Morphological characteristics important in food bacteriology
• Introduction of microbiology and its relevance to everyday life.

Desirable to know

• Industrial importance of microbes

Nice to know

• Identification of microorganisms

6

1

1

Module 2

• nutrient content
• pH and buffering Capacity
• antimicrobial barriers and
• constituents
• water Activity-

– Intrinsic Factors (Substrate Limitations)

• relative Humidity
• temperature

gaseous atmosphere

• Intrinsic Factors (Substrate Limitations)
• Intrinsic Factors (Substrate Limitations)

Desirable to know

• Growth curve

7

        1

Module 3

• Spoilage. contamination sources, types, effect of cereals, sugar, vegetables and fruits, meat,milk, canned foods

Desirable to know

• Spoilage, contamination sources, types, effect of products of cereals, sugar, meat, milk.

      10

5

Module 4

(a) Water and water borne diseases.
(b) Air and air borne diseases.
(c) Soil and soil borne diseases.
(d) Sewage and diseases.

• Water and water borne diseases.
• Air and air borne diseases.

• Soil and soil borne diseases

Desirable to know

• Sewage and diseases.

4

        1

Module 5

Desirable to know
Types of food wastes

2

Module 6

Sources of contamination of food, mycotoxins, toxin production and physiological action, sources of infection of food by pathogenic organisms, symptoms and method of control.

• Sources of contamination of food, mycotoxins, toxin production and physiological action, sources of infection of food by pathogenic organisms

Desirable to know

• symptoms and method of control.

10

2

Module 7

• Alcoholic drinks
• Dairy products
• Bread
• Vinegar
• Pickled foods
• Mushrooms
• Single-cell protein

Products from microorganisms

• Enzymes
• Amino acids
• Antibiotics

Citric acid

• Alcoholic drinks
• Dairy products
• Bread
• Vinegar
• Pickled foods

Desirable to know
Products from microorganisms

• Enzymes
• Amino acids
• Antibiotics
• Citric acid

Nice to know

• Mushrooms
• Single-cell protein

3

2

1

Module 8

• Food Agricultural Organization (FAO),
• World Health Organization (WHO),
• The International Children’s Emergency  Fund (UNICEF)
• Codex Alimentarius
• The International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods(ICMSF)
• The Food and Drug Administration(FDA)
• United States Department of Agriculture(USDA)

• Food Agricultural Organization (FAO),
• World Health Organization (WHO),
• The International Children’s Emergency  Fund (UNICEF)
• The Food and Drug Administration(FDA)
• United States Department of Agriculture(USDA)

Desirable to know

• Codex Alimentarius
• The International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods(ICMSF)

3

1