AGRI 5661

This course is to provide students with an understanding of diversity and function of microbial communities in soil, water and food. The students will be introduced to various concepts of plant- and animal- microbiome and the role microbial populations in host health and fitness. Application of microbiomes in food industry will be discussed. The theory of metagenomics approaches to culture independent microbial community profiling will be discussed. The students will work on analysis of current publications on the subject and develop research project on the evaluations of microbial communities in environmental niches