BIO 335

• Course Description:

  Introduction to microbial ecology defining the scope of Microbial Ecology, historical overview. Measurement of numbers, biomass and activities in microbial ecosystems. Microorganisms in their natural habitats: air, water and soil microbiology. Interactions among the microbial population, interactions between Micro-organisms and plants. Microbial interactions with animals.

   

• Course Main Objective:

1. To study Microorganisms in their natural habitats: air, water and soil.
2.  To describe interrelationships among microorganisms; positive or negative relations
3. To study the impact of environmental conditions on the spread of microbes in the environment. the importance of new developments and applications in Cell Biology Study.

    

• Learning Resources

1. Maier, R. M., Pepper, I. L. and Gerba, C. P. (2008). Environmental Microbiology, 2 nd edition. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, USA.
2.  Environmental microbiology [edited by] Raina M. Maier, Ian L. Pepper, Charles P. Gerba., Maier, Raina M, Pepper, Ian L. Gerba, Charles P., Amsterdam; Boston: Elsevier/Academic Press, 2005.
3. Ronald, M. and Atlas R. (1998). Microbial Ecology (Fundamentals and Applications) (4th edition). Benjamin Cummings Science Publishing.
4.  Madigan, M. T., Martinko, J. M., Dunlap, P. V. and Clark, D. P., (2012). Brock Biology of Microorganisms. Pearson/Benjamin Cummings, 13th ed.
5.  Al'Abri, K., (2011). Use of Molecular Approaches to Study the Occurrence of Extremophiles and Extremodures in Non-Extreme Environments. PhD Thesis. University of Sheffield, UK
6.  Mitchell R. (2009). Environmental Microbiology. Blackwell Pub.
7.  Dijk T. (2008). Microbial Ecology Research Trends. Nova Biomedical Pub.
8.  Alcamo, E.I. (2003). Microbes and Society: An Introduction to Microbiology. Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
9. E-book (INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY).
10. www.oficyna.pwr.wroc.pl/ebook/Introduction%20to%20environmental%20microbiology.pdf
11.  Www. Online web sites for microbial ecology lecture notes, carrying the suffix "edu".