Prokaryotic diversity and the impact and applications of microbial metabolic, genetic, and growth processes in environmental contexts. Bacteria-human interactions in health and disease, mode of action of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance, virulence factors of bacteria, and host response to infection. [3-0-1] Prerequisite: Either (a) all of BIOL 112, CHEM 121 or (b) one of BIOL 200, BMEG 245, SCIE 001.
Prokaryotic diversity and the impact and applications of microbial metabolic, genetic, and growth processes in environmental contexts. Bacteria-human interactions in health and disease, mode of action of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance, virulence factors of bacteria, and host response to infection. [3-0-1] Prerequisite: Either (a) all of BIOL 112, CHEM 121 or (b) one of BIOL 200, BMEG 245, SCIE 001.