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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

311423 (v.2) Applied & Environmental Microbiology 234

Note

Tutition Patterns

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Area: School of Biomedical Sciences
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s): 11600 (v.5) Applied and Environmental Microbiology 232 or any previous version
AND
311423 (v.1) Microbiology 236
Prerequisite(s): 302466 (v.1) Medical Microbiology 231 or any previous version
OR
304711 (v.2) Environmental Health Microbiology 231 or any previous version
OR
311405 (v.1) Medical Microbiology 235 or any previous version
Syllabus: Taxonomy and phylogeny of micro-organisms by classical and molecular methods. Metabolism of prokaryotes including fermentative and respiratory pathways, lithotrophy and photosynthesis. Microbial ecology including interactions between microbial communities and their environment, biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and microbial flora of extreme environments. Relevance of bacteria to molecular biotechnology is illustrated with examples of industrial fermentations, bioprospecting, bioremediation, biopesticides, mineral leaching and agriculture applications.
Field of Education: 010911 Microbiology
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2011 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External