Microbial Ecology and Metagenomics. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours

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Prerequisite: BIO 2313 and MMI 1053 or MMI 3713 . This course will provide an overview of microbial ecology principles and application of microbial ecological approaches to understand microbial structure and function across environments, including the soil, freshwater, and marine environments. The course will focus its content on prokaryotes and fungi. An emphasis in this course will be on learning foundational concepts in microbiome science and applying concepts to laboratory and computational techniques through hands-on experiments. (Same as BIO 4773, credit cannot be earned for both BIO 4773 and MMI 4773 .) Generally offered: Spring. This course has Differential Tuition. Course Fee: IUB2 $10.