OCS 4090 Marine and Environmental Microbiology (3)

Also offered as BIOL 4090 . Prereq.: BIOL 2051 or equivalent. Characterization and ecology of estuarine, open-ocean and terrestrial microorganisms and the role these microbes play in cycling organic and inorganic compounds; microbial activity in biogeochemical cycles extreme environments and organic pollutants; indicator species; pathogenic bacteria and their transmission in the environment and seafood-related contamination.