CMMB563
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Microbial Diversity
Biological Sciences
SC - Faculty of Science
Subject
CMMB - Cellular, Molecular and Microbial Biology
Description
An overview of microbial diversity, the evolutionary mechanisms that give rise to it, and the methods used to study it. Topics may include: microbial systematics; characterizing the last universal common ancestor of life; estimating global microbial diversity;\"unculturable\" microbes and molecular DNA-based methods used to study them in nature; modern cultivation techniques; comparative genomics of microbial species; environmental metagenomics; microbial biogeography and speciation and gene flow in microbial communities.
Prerequisite(s): Cellular, Molecular and Microbial Biology 343 or consent of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): Cellular, Molecular and Microbial Biology 343 or consent of the Department.
Course Attributes
Fee Rate Group(Domestic) - A, Fee Rate Group(International) -A, GFC Hours (3-0)
Courses may consist of a Lecture, Lab, Tutorial, and/or Seminar. Students will be required to register in each component that is required for the course as indicated in the schedule of classes. Practicums, internships or other experiential learning modalities are typically indicated as a Lab component.
Component
LEC
Units
3
Repeat for Credit
No
Subject code
CMMB
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