By the end of the semester, the students will be able to
- Outline the procedures for enrichment and isolation of microorganism
- Describe the culture-independent microbial community analysis methods
- List microbial activity measurement techniques
- Design experiments to link genes to functions and functions to microbes
- List the types of symbioses between microorganisms
- Explain the formation of plant-microorganism association
- Explain the use of Ti Plasmid in genetic engineering
- Give examples of insect-microorganism symbioses
- List the means of the associations between invertebrates and microbes
- Design experiments dealing with how gut microbiota influences animal behavior and health