2010 COURSE SYLLABUS

BIOL/CEE/CSES/ENSC 4164: ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

SPRING 2010

CRNs: 11024 and 11025 (BIOL); 11317 and 11318 (CEE); 11975 and 11976 (CSES); 12912 and 12913 (ENSC)

Course Description

This course emphasizes the ecology and species diversity of terrestrial and aquatic microorganisms using a metabolism-based approach, and incorporates the significance of those topics within the context of environmental applications. The laboratory portion of the course will stress method development, and will involve isolation and characterization of microorganisms from natural and engineered systems, environmentally-relevant aspects of metabolism, and the role of microorganisms in biogeochemical cycling.

The 2010 Course Syllabus (pdf) can be found on the Course Information page in Blackboard.