Beneficial Microbes

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This course will bring together topics in environmental microbiology (such as microbial photosynthesis and nutrient cycling, bioremediation), human and animal health (for example, the role of the microbiome in health and disease prevention, probiotics, vaccines), food preservation and flavoring, biofuel production, plant growth/disease protection and utilization of microbe-derived tools in molecular genetics (for example, restriction enzymes and CRISPR/Cas editing). Knowledge gained by completion of this course will be of value to those interested in basic microbiology, human and animal health and disease, environmental, industrial and food microbiology. Graded on A-F basis only. Credit Hour s : 3 Recommended: MICRO 2010 or BIO_SC 3750 or equivalent Microbiology Course