BIOMI 3210 - Human Microbes and Health

Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisites: BIOMI 2900 or permission of instructor.

R. Ley.

The human body is coated with microbes outnumbering “our own” cells 10 to 1, providing us with capacities we have not had to evolve on our own. This course will introduce the microbes of the human body, discuss their origins, adaptations to the body, molecular interactions, and associations with health and disease.