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2015-2016 UMass Dartmouth Graduate Catalog 
    
2015-2016 UMass Dartmouth Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

BIO 571 - Marine Microbiology

Credits 4
Lecture / 4 hours per week
Taxonomy, physiology, and the role of heterotrophic microorganisms in the marine environment. The viruses will also be considered. Emphasis will be placed on the activities of the viruses, bacteria, and the fungi in the marine environment in the laboratory, exercises will be conducted on the methods of enumeration, detection of selected physiological groups, uptake and deputation of microorganisms by shellfish, marine Bo, and the influence of environmental parameters on the growth and activities of marine microorganisms. BIO 471
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