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2019-2020 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENVH 5334 - Environmental Microbiology


Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours
2
Lab Hours
3

Students will review the role of microbes in the environment and their effect on food, water,and soil and air quality. Also covered is the use of microbial life forms in food processing, organic breakdown and other processes. Students will become familiar with the common micro-oragnisms which are considered pathogenic to human populations.