Graduate Studies


BIOL 54900 Microbial Ecology

Offering:
Spring, Credit 2.0

Prerequisites:

BIOL 43800

Description:

The course will cover a small number of topics in which there has been extensive recent research and emphasizes the physiological responses made by microorganisms to their environment.  The topics include the adaptations made to nutrient limitation and starvation, microbial utilization of xenobiotic compounds, techniques to measure microbial activities in natural environments, metabolic interactions between microbes and other organisms, and the interdependence of microbial, physical, and chemical factors in aquatic ecosystems. Bacteriophage and their role in the environment will also be addressed.  Reading assignments will be made from review articles and primary research articles relevant to the topics.  There will be several class projects that will use molecular methods for evaluating bacterial community structure and the use of bioluminescent organisms for in situ monitoring of microbial physiology and nutrient bioavailability.

Instructor(s):
Bruce Applegate 

E-mail:
applegate@purdue.edu

Textbook(s):

~There is no textbook required for this course.~

Course Format:

BIOL 54900:

CRN

Instructional Type

Day

Time

Room(s)

38684

 50-min Lecture

MW

9:30-10:20

LILY G401



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