MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY
2024-2025 Greensburg Campus Catalog
   

BIOSC 1860 - MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY


Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
This laboratory course introduces basic techniques used for isolation of microorganisms in pure culture, identification of groups of microorganisms, and study of microbial physiology, genetics, and ecology. Some topics in applied microbiology that are covered include food microbiology, water and waste water analysis, and identification and antibiotic sensitivity-testing of pathogenic isolates. Viruses, archaebacterial, bacteria, algae, protozoa, and fungi that students isolate from soil, pond water, human skin, and other sources are used to illustrate these methods.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0180 and 0080 and CHEM 0120; COREQ: BIOSC 1850


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