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This course covers introductory microbiology from a systems perspective, considering microbial diversity, population dynamics, and genomics.

FREE
This course includes
Hours of videos

638 years, 9 months

Units & Quizzes

23

Unlimited Lifetime access
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Certificate of Completion

Emphasis is placed on the delicate balance between microbes and humans, and the changes that result in the emergence of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance. The case study approach covers such topics as vaccines, toxins, biodefense, and infections including Legionnaire’s disease, tuberculosis, Helicobacter pylori, and plague

Course Currilcum

  • Early Earth/Microbial Evolution Unlimited
  • Cell Structure/Function Unlimited
  • Biological Energy Conservation Unlimited
  • Microbial Growth Unlimited
  • Metabolic Regulation Unlimited
  • Virology Unlimited
  • Information Flow in Biological Systems Unlimited
  • Regulation of Cell Activity Unlimited
  • Genetic Exchange in Bacteria Unlimited
  • Genomics I Unlimited
  • Genomics II Unlimited
  • Metabolic Diversity I Unlimited
  • Metabolic Diversity II Unlimited
  • Microbial Ecology Unlimited
  • Microbial Growth Control Unlimited
  • Microbe-host Interactions Unlimited
  • Immunology I Unlimited
  • Immunology II Unlimited
  • Diagnostic Microbiology Unlimited
  • Person-to-person Transmission Unlimited
  • Epidemiology Unlimited
  • Animal- and Arthropod-transmitted Diseases Unlimited
  • Review Unlimited