Graduate level introduction to central microbiological concepts orients students to current ideas and directions in the field. The course covers the basic biology of the major groups of microbiota; the relationships between microbes and their environment, between microbes, and between microbes and their hosts; genetics and evolution of microbes through the mechanisms of genome plasticity; and the relationship between microbial evolution and disease. (Core Sequence 2)
Prerequisites
BMMSG 550 Biochemistry