Microbial Physiology

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) This course examines the principal reactions of the energy and biosynthetic metabolism of bacteria using Escherichia coli as the model system. Additional topics to be discussed include metabolic diversity and catabolic activities of aerobic heterotrophs; regulation of bacterial metabolism; bacterial fermentations; chemolithotrophic and phototrophic metabolism, and fixation of molecular nitrogen. Requisite Courses: BIOL-2902 and BIOL-3901 and CHEM-3502 and CHEM-3503 or permission of the instructor [prerequisite(s)].