MICR 4154 - Microbial Genetics

Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $25.00
Course Fee Purpose: Consumable laboratory supplies including, but not limited to, culture tubes, Petri plates, broth and agar media, gloves, pipets, staining reagents, microscope slides and coverslips, disinfectant, swabs, and chemicals and reagents used in media preparation.
Description: The genetics of microorganisms and its applications, including isolation and characterization of mutants, the biology and uses of plasmids, conjugation, transformation, the biology and uses of bacteriophages, transposition, recombinant DNA technology, gene regulation, and bioinformatics.
This course consists of 3 one-hour lectures and 1 three-hour laboratory per week.
Pre-requisite(s): MICR 2054 and CHEM 2310/CHEM 2315 (lecture & lab).
Suggested Requisite(s): Completion or concurrent of CHEM 3070 and CHEM 3075 (lecture & lab) is recommended.