This unit considers the importance of microbes in nature, their impacts on society, and approaches to the control and use of microbial activities. It presents concepts and principles in microbial ecology as well as case studies demonstrating the importance of this field of knowledge to environmental management, epidemiology and studies of disease distribution, biotechnology and industry. Key ecological roles of microbes including in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, interactions with biota and the physiochemical environment, and their consequences (beneficial and detrimental) for human activities are investigated. In addition to expanding the breadth of knowledge of microbiology... -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor David Sutton
Prerequisites: (MICR2209 Introductory Microbiology and MICR2208 Introduction to Infectious Diseases and Immunology) or Biomedical Science major Level 2 units
