Molecular biology is the field of science concerned with studying the chemical structures and processes of biological phenomena involving molecules. This provides new insights into the nature of genes and proteins and the relationship between them.
- Teacher: Denoj Sebastian
Microbial physiology is the study of how the microbial cell functions biochemically. Includes the study of microbial growth, microbial metabolism and microbial cell structure.
- Teacher: Punya Premrajan
Secondary metabolism occurs in bacteria
during the stationary phase of growth and is concomitant with a switch
in energy and carbon flux away from biomass production toward the
production of small, bioactive molecules (secondary metabolites)
- Teacher: Dr. B S Harikumaran Thampi