BIOMI 6903 - Prokaryotic Biology: Bacterial Physiology/Diversity

Fall (four-week session). 1 credit. S/U grades only.

S. H. Zinder.

Reviews the major energy-conserving modes of metabolism and their phylogenetic distributions among both bacteria and archaea. Topics include phylogenetic analysis, fermentation, respiration, photosynthesis, pathways of carbon and nitrogen fixation, and evolution of the three domains of life.