Prerequisites: graduate standing; or consent of instructor

Description: Microbes perform essential roles in biogeochemical cycles, directly influence human, plant and animal health and disease, and are important platforms for research and biotechnology. Understanding how all of this is possible requires an understanding the evolutionary history and processes that underlie the critical roles of microbes.

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 227 or MCBL 127.