BIOL 252 — MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
BSc BSc Biochemistry · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
An introduction to the natural environments of microoganisms: the atmospheric, terrestrial and the aquatic environments. Microoganisms of extreme environments: low water potential, extreme temperatures, extreme pH values, extreme hydrostatic pressure, low nutrient concentration and high UV light radiation. Biofilms. Strategies for survival: role of stationary phase, spore formation and entry into the viable but non-culturable stage. Dispersal of microorganisms and development of microbial populations: dispersal, colonisation and successions, population establishment, natural selection and adaptations. Interactions involving microorganisms: microbe-microbe, microbe-plant (metabolic associations, antagonisms, the phytosphere, rhizosphere, mycorrhiza, root nodule systems and plant pathogens), microbe-animal (symbiotic, saprophytic and pathogenic).
- Credits
- 0
- Level
- Level 200
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- BCHEM 259 — PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I
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