2016-2017 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
BMS 422 - Bacterial Physiology
An advanced microbiology course covering basic principles of prokaryotic physiology. Micro-organisms will serve as a model system for understanding how an organism accomplishes life functions: bacterial growth, nutrition, response, and metabolic processes. Includes how microbial physiology is studied and applications to human physiology, disease, antibiotic production and resistance, and biotechnology. (3-0-0) Offered fall semester of odd-numbered years. Prerequisite: BMS 212 or BIO 357.
Credits: 3