[Plsugs] SUMMER 2 ONLINE COURSE - PLP329A Microbial Diversity

[Quist, Tanya M - (tquist)]

Microbial Diversity (PLP/ACBS/ECOL/MIC 329A) will be taught in an online format in this year's summer session 2 (beginning July 10).
More information on the course, which fills requirements in the Plant Sciences and Sustainable Plant Systems majors, is found below.
Microbial Diversity is a three-unit lecture course offered to students with an interest in the remarkable genetic, species-level, physiological, phylogenetic, functional, and ecological diversity of acellular, prokaryotic, and eukaryotic microorganisms.

Microorganisms represent the vast majority of Earth's biodiversity, but are the least-studied organisms in almost every ecosystem. Critical as pathogens, parasites, mutualists, decomposers, nutrient cyclers, bioremediators, and model systems, microbes represent many unique and remarkable branches on the tree of life. This course is designed for undergraduate students interested in understanding the basic principles of microbial ecology and evolution, microbial biodiversity, and their often cryptic but critical roles at scales ranging from individual cells to the planet as a whole. The study of microbial diversity is perhaps more exciting now than ever before – new tools, new methods, and newly interdisciplinary approaches are setting the stage for rapid growth in this field, and for broad applications of the material covered in this course to medicine, industry, and agriculture.
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A. Elizabeth (Betsy) Arnold
School of Plant Sciences
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721

http://arnoldlab.net
barnoldaz at gmail.com<mailto:barnoldaz at gmail.com>
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