Prerequisites: graduate standing; or consent of instructor

Description: Introduces microbiomes, which are collections of microorganisms inhabiting particular locations, and which play crucial roles in agriculture, the environment, and human health and disease. Covers fundamental knowledge and experimental strategies to understand and use microbiomes to prevent or treat human and plant diseases, with the primary focus on human disease.

Credit: May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) with consent of instructor and graduate advisor. Credit is awarded for one of the following MCBL 226 or MCBL 126.