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This course examines the metabolic and molecular diversity of microbial populations and in the soil and groundwater, their role in ""natural"" transformations, and potential importance in environment remediation. It also focuses on ecology and diversity of microorganisms in soils. The course emphasis on factors controlling microbial activity and the role of microorganisms in organic matter decomposition and nutrient cycling. The laboratory part trains the students on necessary skills needed in basic microbiology laboratories like media preparation, difference between microbial isolates, sub culturing, isolating pure cultures and gram staining. It also depth the knowledge in some microbial behavior in the soil system and how they interact among different organisms, for example symbiotic association in nitrogen fixing bacteria and the rhizosphere effect. |