Microbial Ecology and Evolution

3 credits · Undergraduate

(Formerly offered as 3234) Microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea, eukaryotes, viruses, and their mobile genetic elements. Origins, universality, and diversity of microbial life. Modes of genome evolution, symbioses between microbes and hosts, biotechnology, applications, and human microbiome. Prerequisite: 2150 or 2250. [3] (MNS)