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2021/2022 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

BIOL 528 - Microbial Ecology

Units: 3

Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.

Prerequisite(s): BIOL 203 , BIOL 203L , BIOL 204 , BIOL 204L . Recommended: BIOL 350  and BIOL 354 .

Roles of microorganisms in soil, aquatic and marine ecosystems, microbial adaptations to the environment, and interactions within microbial communities and between microbes and multicellular organisms. Laboratory techniques to isolate and study microbes.

Note: Writing Requirement for Undergraduates: Completion of the Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement or the eligibility to enroll in an upper division writing course is a prerequisite for all upper division biology courses numbered 450 and above.