Department of Microbiology

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Introduction

The University has started M.Sc. Microbiology department from the academic year 2005-06 in Ayurvedic college campus, Tuljapur road, at sub-campus Osmanabad on grant basis.Sixteen granted and ten non granted seats are presently available for admission for students from nearby region. Presently the department has been shifted to the new building in MIDC campus, Aurangabad road Osmanabad. The department is having sophisticated instruments and well equipped laboratories required in the field of Microbiology. The Department is not only working academically but also performing many Co-Curricular and extension activities useful for farmers and society.

The Department of Microbiology is actively involved in the extension activities, department adopted villages near Osmanabad for promotion of use of biofertilizers in agriculture field. The project was carried out with help of ATMA agency Osmanabad. The farmers were provided with different biofertilizers free of cost which are required for economically important plants. The farmers did not use any chemical fertilizers in this fields still got good productivity. Exposure is given to students by conducting guest lecturers of experienced teachers/ Researchers /industry people. Various current topics from the field of microbiology are covered in these guest lectures.

Vision

The vision of the department is to provide quality oriented teaching that may bring out the potentiality of the students. Besides the specific visions of the department are as follows: We want to make our Microbiology laboratory well equipped, well-known in India for scientific research, research workers should perform quality work to be published in high impact factor journal. Our classroom should be well connected to different reputed institutes in India and abroad through internet.
Research activities in the department would be strengthened. For this, the department is planning to emphasis on research activities with the support from the head of the university. The faculty members will undertake Minor/Major research projects with financial assistance from UGC, DBT, DST and other funding agencies. For this, we would make the maximum use of research activities. The department is planning to sign MoUs with Indian Universities/Institutions to establish cooperation in the areas of teaching, research and training.

Mission

The mission is to produce students with recent knowledge in the subject and should be competitive for achieving various fellowships in India and Abroad. To produce a students with social commitments. Our research worker should help the society to solve the microbiology problems.

COURSE CONTENTS AND COURSE COORDINATORS

COURSE CONTENTS AND COURSE COORDINATORS :

M.Sc. (Microbiology)
Ph.D. (Microbiology)

Eligibility :

M.Sc. Microbiology:

Science Graduate with Subject Microbiology for all three years.
Qualifying degree percentage: Minimum 45% for open and 40% for reserved category.

Intake

For M.Sc. Microbiology:

26 Students for M. Sc. (Microbiology) Granted seat -16 Non Grant - 10

For Ph. D.

As per the available Guide’s quota.

Syllabus

Syllabus List

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Pattern of CET

M.Sc.(Microbiology)

Students those who are seeking admission to M. Sc. (Microbiology) in the Department for an Academic Year 2016-2017 have to go through the CET Examination.The final merit list of provisionally selected candidates will be prepared based on 50% Marks from Qualifying Degree Score and 50% Marks from CET Score. The students appeared in Final Year (B.Sc. Microbiology) or previously passed are eligible for CET Examination.

Exam Pattern of CET

CET question paper is of 100 marks on multiple choice based questions of one our duration,which includes Basic Microbiology, Fundamental of Microbiology and Advanced Microbiology.

Ph.D. Program (Microbiology)

The admission for Ph.D. is through PET Examination and as per the University rule.

Faculty

Sr. No	Name	Designation	Department	Photo
1	Dr. P. P. Dixit Resume View Profile	Professor & Head	Microbiology
2	Dr. R. M. Khobragade Resume View Profile	Assistant Professor	Microbiology
3	Dr. A. M. Deshmukh Resume View Profile	Retired Professor	Microbiology

Students List

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Research

Research Related Activity

Faculties are actively involved in research activities. Two projects financially assisted by UGC are completed. Research is mainly focused on environmental pollution related problems and applications of biomolecules originated from microorganisms.

The Major project entitled “Studies on textile dye decolouration by Actinomycetes” was sanctioned to Dr. A. M. Deshmukh by UGC (Rs. 9.21 lakhs) and completed in year 2009-12.The Minor project entitled “Studies on textile dye decolouration by Streptomyces species” was sanctioned to Dr. R. M. Khobragade by UGC (Rs.1.65 lakhs) and completed in year 2010-12.

University projects were sanctioned and completed successfully by Dr. R. M. Khobragade and Dr. P. P. Dixit (Rs. 0.30 lakhs) Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), D.R.D.A., Z.P., Osmanabad has provided grants of Rs. 1,50,000/- for a project entitled “Effect of Biofertillizers on crop yields” to promote organic farming.

The thrust area of research is- Textile dye decolourization, Enzymes, Biomolecules from microorganism

Research Interests:

Faculties are actively involved in research activities. Keen interest to work in the field of enzymology, protein chemistry, diversity of microorganisms, isolation, purification and characterization of compounds obtained from microbial origin, Exploring microbial world for the products of human welfare, environmental pollution related problems.

Research Article

Bhagat S.S., Ghotekar D.S., Badadhe P.V., Chavan N.M., Dixit P.P. and Gill C.H. “ Synthesis and antimicrobial screening of pyrazolines and benzothiazepines incorporated with thiophene” Indian Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry Vol. 20, April-June 2011, pp. 355-358 ISSN: 0971-1627 (Impact Factor 250)

Dixit P.P., Kashale S.A. and Deshmukh M. “Studies on thermostable alkaline protease from Bacillus sp.” Journal of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, 2011, Vol. 3(1), pp. 201-212 ISSN: 0974-9438

Shaikh Afshaan, Mankale K.K., Dixit P.P. and Deshmukh A.M. “Studies on production and purification of penicillin acylase produced by alkaophilic bacteria isolated from Lonar lake” Journal of Basic and Applied Science Vol.10, Feb. 2014 (Special Issue)pp. 199-203 ISSN: 2229-3302

Rehman Naziya M.A., Shete M. B., Dixit P.P. and Deshmukh A.M.” Screening of biosurfactant producing microorganisms from oil contaminated soils of Osmanabad region, Maharashtra, India” International Science Journal, 2014, Vol.1, Issue 1, pp. 35-39 ISSN: 2348-6058 (On Line)

Panchal S.L. and Dixit P.P. “Studies on cysteine protease inhibitor production by Nocardia” International Journal of Current Research in Science, Social science and Languages Vol.- II, Issue I April 2014 ISSN: 2319-7579 (Impact Factor 1.02)

Rehman Naziya M.A., Shete M. B., Dixit P.P. and Deshmukh A.M.” Studies on production of biosurfactant produced by bacteria isolated from oil contaminated soils of Osmanabad region, Maharashtra, India” Journal of Basic and Applied Science Vol.10, Feb. 2014 (Special Issue) pp.259-264 ISSN: 2229-3302

Shaikh Afshaan, Mankale K.K., Dixit P.P. and Deshmukh A.M. “Isolation and screening of penicillin acylase producing alkaophilic bacteria from Lonar lake water sample” International Journal of Current Research in Science, Social science and Languages Vol.- II, Issue I April 2014 ISSN: 2319-7579 (Impact Factor 02)

Panchal S.L. and Dixit P.P. “Isolation and screening of alkline protease inhibitor producing actinomycetes” Proceedings of National Conference on Biodiversity: Prospects and Potentials – 2012, S.M.D.M. Mahavidyalaya, Kallam (MS), India.pp.175-178 ISBN: 978-81-925586-1-5

Hatagale S.B., Awashank A.S., Rehman Naziya M.A. and Dixit P.P. “Production of extracellular laccase from white rot fungus Fusarium sp.” Frontiers in plant diseases and it’s control for agricultural development, pp.172-182 ISBN: 978-81-930533-1-7

Lognathan V., Dixit P., Shingare M. and Mane D. “Synthesis and biological evaluation of fused ring Benzomorpholine monofluoroaniline derivatives” Am. J. PharmTech. Res. 2015; 5(1) pp. 443-453 ISSN: 2249-3387 (Impact Factor 9832)

Lognathan V., Dixit P., Shingare M. and Mane D. “Synthesis and biological evaluation of (3S)-3-[4-Methoxymethoxy) Benzyl] morpholine derivatives from L-Tyrosine.” Indo American Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. IAJPS, 2015, Vol.2, Issue 3, pp. 722-730 ISSN: 2349-7750 (Impact Factor 437)

Pujari S.G., Kadam N.R., Choudhari S.G., Dixit P. P. and Deshmukh A. M. “Studies on isolation of antimicrobial actinomycetes from Osmanabad soil.” Int. J.Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci.(IJCMAS) 2015, 4(4): pp. 123-126 ISSN: 2319-7706 (Impact Factor 015)

Lognathan V., Dixit P., Shingare M. and Mane D. “Synthesis and biological evaluation of morpholine and salicylamide nucleus based derivatives” European Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Research (ejpmr), 2015, 2(3), pp. 269-282 ISSN: 3294-3211 (Impact Factor 026)

Rokade D.D., Vaidya S.L., Rehman Naziya M.A. and P. Dixit “ Screening of pectinase producing bacteria isolated from Osmanabad fruit market soil” International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS), 2015, Vol.2, No. 6, pp. 141-145 ISSN: 2348-0343 (Impact Factor 1.95)

Pavase L., Dixit P., Chaudhari B. and Mane D. “Synthesis and antibacterial activities of 1-phenyl-5-(1H-pyrrol-1yl)-1H- pyrrole-4-carboxylic acid N acyl hydrazides” Am. J. PharmTech. Res. 2015; 5(3) pp. 444-451 ISSN: 2249-3387 (Impact Factor 9832)

Dixit P.P. and Deshmukh A.M. XYLANASE from STREPTOMYCES HYGROSCOPICUS under Solid State Fermentation, International Journal of Advanced Biotechnology and Research (IJBR)Vol-7, Issue-1, 2016, pp.38-46 ISSN 0976-2612, Online ISSN 2278–599X

Prasad P. Dixit, Prashant P. Dixit and Shivaji N. Thore Hybrid triazoles: Design and synthesis as potential dual inhibitor of growth and efflux inhibition in tuberculosis, Europian Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Vol. 107 (Elsvier), 2016, pp. 38-47 ISSN: 0223-5234 (Impact Factor : 4.816)

Innus K. Shaikh, Balasaheb Pawade, Prashant P. Dixit and Mugdha Lele-Potnis Assessment of Cultivable Oral Bacterial Flora from Important Venomous Snakes of India and Their Antibiotic Susceptibilities, Current Microbiology (Springer), 2017, pp. 1278-1286 ISSN: 0343-8651 (Print) 1432-0991 (Online) (Impact Factor 1.32)

Innus K. Shaikh, Balasaheb Pawade, Prashant P. Dixit and Mugdha Lele-Potnis Development of dot-ELISA for the detection of venoms of major Indian venomous Snakes, Toxicon (Elsevier), Vol. 139, 2017, pp. 66-73ISSN: 0041-0101 (Impact Factor 2.352)

Babasaheb Zine, Sunil Jadhav, Prashant Dixit and Mazhar Farooqui, Thiazolo[3,2-a] pyrimidin-5-ones: Design, Synthesis and Antimicrobial Evaluation, JOURNAL OF ULTRA CHEMISTRY Vol. 13(2), (2017) pp. 30-34 ISSN: 0973-3450 (Print) ISSN: 2319-8036 (Online) (Impact Factor 2.48)

Innus K. Shaikh and Prashant P. Dixit PRODUCTION AND OPTIMIZATION OF THERMOSTABLE ALKALINE PROTEASE FROM BACILLUS SP-APP-07 ISOLATED FROM LAUNDROMAT SOIL, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, ISSN No 2277 – 8179 (Impact Factor 4.176)

Rehman Naziya Nishat Md. Aziz and P.P. Dixit OPTIMIZATION OF PIGMENT PRODUCTION USING PLACKET BURMAN AND SURFACE RESPONSE METHODOLOGY, International Journal of Recent Scientific Research Vol. 8, Issue, 7 July, 2017 pp. 18477-18481 ISSN: 0976-3031(Impact Factor 7.383)

Mane R.S. and Dixit P.P. Production of Chitinase by Solid State Fermentation, Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 5(7) July, 2017 pp.1-4 ISSN: 2321-8819 (Online) 2348-7186 (Print) (Impact Factor 1.498)

I.K. Shaikh, P.P. Dixit and T.N. Shaikh Purification and characterization of alkalinesoda-bleach stable protease from Bacillus sp. APP-007 isolated from Laundromat soil Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Vol. 16 (Elsevier)pp. 273-279 ISSN: 1687-157X (Impact Factor 1.78)

Vyenkatesh Joshi, Neha Shah, PrashantWakte, Prashant Dhakephalkar, Anita Dhakephalkar, Rahul Khobragade, BhushanNaphade, Sajid Shaikh, Arvind Deshmukh, NitinAdhapure.2017.Comparative bioleaching of metals from pulverized and non-pulverized PCBs of cell phone charger: advantages of non-pulverized PCBs. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24 (36). 28277-28286.

Rajesh C Patil, Abhishek D Mule, Gajanan V Mali, Rajmahammad R Tamboli, Rahul M Khobragade, Sanjay K Gaikwad, Vasanti I Katchi, DhanashreePatil.2011.Isolation of Marine Actinomycetes from the Mangrove Swamps for Biotechnological Exploration. Journal of Life Sciences.5.1030-1036

Khobragade R M &Deshmukh A M.2011.Degradation of reactive blue herd by thermophilic Streptomyces species. International Journal of Biotechnology and Biosciences.1(2). 319-323

Meghshyam. K. PatilSharekhShaikh, Rajendra D. Joshi, Rahul. M. Khobragade.2015.Synthesis of ag-ta2o5 powder and its antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus auerus. Journal of Advances in Applied Sciences and Technology.2(1). 01-05

Afshaan Naaz ShaikhKhaleed, R. M. Khobragade. 2016.Screening and Optimization of L– Asparginase Produced by Bacteria Isolated from Soil of Solapur Region. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR).5(9). 231-235

R. M. Khobragade & A. M. Deshmukh.2013.Studies on melanin pigment production by actinomycetes species. Thematics journal of microbiology.2(2). 9-12

Chaudhari S.G., Chaudhari S.D. Khobragade R.M. and Deshmukh A.M.2013.studies on production of alkaline proteases from bacillus species and its application in detergent industry. DAV Internatioal Journal of Science. 2(2). 44-49.

AM Deshmukh, RM Khobragade, PP Dixit.2007.Oxford Book Company.

RC Patil, VN Waghmare, SD Wavhal, RM Khobragade, RC Patil, VN Waghmare, SD Wavhal, RM Khobragade.2011. Isolation of bacteria from hot springs

Amarja HarishchandraBhosale R. M. Khobragade .2018.BIOREMEDIATION OF TEXTILE AZO DYE ORANGE F2R BY BACTERIAL ISOLATES. International Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences. 66-69

Facilities & Achievements

Facilities

The department of Microbiology is having very well established laboratory having many sophisticated instruments required for the research. Department is having U.V. Spectrophotometer , gel electrophoresis unit, High speed centrifuge , Electronic balance , Laminar Air flow , Incubators, shakers , U.V.chamber pH meter, colorimeter , Deep freeze, Ultra-sonicator , and computers etc. The department library is having many basic and advanced books, which are used by the students for M.Sc. course syllabus and for research work. Internet facility is also made available for the students. Students use this facility for collection of information on syllabus and research related material Internet facility seems to be very useful for the students doing dissertation work.

Any other :

Department is actively involved in conducting many activities which credits awareness in societies.

Department had organized one day workshop for farmers on Biofertilisers and Biopesticides.
One day lecture on ‘Dengue fever and Chicken guinea.
Poster presentation on organic farming at Siddheswar –Wadgaon village.

Academic Activity:

In the last two years department has organized many academic activities for the development of students. Department has organized fallowing activities.

One –day workshop on ‘Molecular Biology’ on 18 Aug 2005 .
One day lecture on ‘Tissue culture and floriculture’ delivered by Mr. Kishor Nirmal.
A national conference on ‘Biofertilizer and Biopesticides’ on date 19-21 Feb 2006.
One –day lecture on ‘Environment’ delivered by Dr. Shejule on 5^th June 2006 .
One –day lecture on ‘Quality Control and Quality Assurance’ by Mr. Pravin Kulkarni.
One –day lecture on ‘Tissue Culture’ delivered by Dr. S.P.Govindwar
One –day lecture on ‘Opportunities in Biotechnology’ delivered by Dr.(Mrs.) Chafalkar
One –day lecture on ‘Biofertiliser and Biopesticides’ delivered by Mrs. More R.
One –day lecture on ‘ Recent trends in Biotechnology’ on dated 25 March 2007 .

Achievements

By Teachers

Biotech Research Society of India has awarded a fellowship to Dr. A. M. Deshmukh in 2005.

By Students

Every year student qualifies CSIR-NET/SET/GATE/ICAR-NET etc examinations.

More than 13 students have qualified CSIR-NET/SET/GATE/ICAR-NET etc examinations.

Sr.No.	Name of candidates	Exam qualified
1.	Shyam More	CSIR-NET
2.	Chauhan Laxman	CSIR-NET
3.	Rakesh Uttarkar	CSIR-NET
4.	Pandurang Powar	CSIR-NET, SET ,ICAR-NET
5.	Rehman Naziya Mohammad aziz	CSIR-NET
6.	Madhuri Shinde	CSIR-NET
7.	Adhapure Nitin	CSIR-NET, SET ,ICAR-NET
8.	Shaikh Afshaan Naaz	ICAR-NET
9.	Sumedha Vaidya	CSIR-NET
10.	Rohit Mane	ICAR-NET
11.	Joshi Samruddhi	ICAR-NET
12.	Awashank Avinash	CSIR-NET
13.	Karpude Tushar	SET

09 Students passed in NET, SET examination.
Ambadas Kadam and Ms. Madhuri Shete Participated in youth forum Programme on All India Radio AIR (August – 2012)
Ms. Afshaan shaikh and Ms. Naziya Rehman got 1^st prize in Expression-2013 District level presentation competition arranged by Dept. Of Management Science Dr. B.A.M.U. Sub-Campus, Osmanabad.

Major Achievements

Completed UGC Major Project (Rs. 9.21 lakhs),
Completed UGC minor project(Rs. 1.65 Lakhs)
Completed University Minor Project (Rs. 0.30 Lakhs)
Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), D.R.D.A., Z.P., Osmanabad has provided grants of Rs. 1,50,000/- for a project entitled “Effect of Biofertillizers on crop yields” to promote organic farming. This project was successfully implemented in villages near by Osmanabad.
Carried out Biofertilizer awareness program among farmers from Osmanabad region.

Library

24 hour study room facility

Important Dates

1.	Call for applications	First week of May
2.	Last Date for Online Registration	Third week of May
3.	Last Date for Hard copy submission	3 days after last date of online registration
4.	Date of Entrance Test,	3-4 days after last date of hard copy submission
5.	Display of first list of provisionally selected candidates	First week of June
6.	Display of second list of selected candidates	second week of June
7.	Spot Admission if seats are available	fourth week of June
8.	Commencement of teaching	First week of July

Department of Microbiology