Division of Microbial and Environmental Biotechnology

Instruments

Laminar air flow, Autoclave, UV Trans illuminator, High speed Cooling Centrifuge, Magnetic Stirrer, Electrophoresis System, Refrigerators, Digital PH Meter, Double Beam Uv Spectrophotometer, Thermal cycler, Micro Centrifuge, Microscopes etc.

Facilities:

• Media preparation, sterilization and aseptic methods for isolation, identification, preservation and storage.
• Identification of bacteria by staining methods.
• Enumeration of bacteria by pour plate and spread plate methods.
• Culture techniques for isolation of single colonies of bacteria by serial dilution method.
• Identification of mutants using replica plating technique.
• Induction of mutation by chemical and physical mean.
• PCR based identification technique.
• Identification of plasmid by electrophoresis / antibiotic plates.
• Isolation of genomic and plasmid DNA from bacteria.