BIOL 3341K: Advanced Microbiology

4 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: BIOL 3340.
This course explores microbial evolution, ecology and diversity. Students will explore infectious diseases and epidemiology to learn the applied uses of microorganisms in industry, agriculture and medicine. The laboratory exercises will help students learn the natural occurrences and processes of microbes in the environment and gene transfer in bacteria along with techniques for the isolation and identification of pathogens, and the use of microbes in industry.