This course examines: a) the principles underlying microbial systematics, b) microbial growth and metabolism, c) information flow, and d) signal transduction and homeostasis.
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this course learners should be able to:
Isolate, characterize, and classify microorganisms
Discuss the various approaches to microbial systematics
Use mathematical models to describe the kinetics of microbial growth
Discuss microbial signal transduction and homeostasis
Describe a microbial genome
Describe mutation, mutagenesis, mutants and mutation analysis