ENVS 4420K - Environmental Microbiology

(4) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: BIOL 3300K
Cross-listed with: BIOL 4420K
This course will build on a foundation of microbial diversity and microbial roles to promote understanding and problem solving with regard to environmental management including the use of microbial biotechnology to promote sustainability. The primary focus will be on non-pathogenic cellular microbes including archaean, bacterial, fungal and protistan representatives with regard to their niches and the potential to engage them in implementing sustainable practices in all spheres of human activity.