Course Description

BI475 Microbial Ecology F 0.5

Microbial roles in freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems will be studied. Emphasis is placed on the metabolic diversity of specialized microbial communities found in natural habitats. Microbial function in natural and constructed degradation or remediation processes will be examined from an ecological perspective.

Prerequisite: BI274 or permission of department; recommended co-requisite: BI305*.

2 lecture hours, 4 lab hours per week

Official electronic version updated at 10:33 a.m. March 31, 2005

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