• ECTS

    3 credits

  • Component

    Faculty of Science

Description

The interactions between micro-organisms/micro-organisms, micro-organisms/higher organisms and micro-organisms/environment are taught in an ecosystemic context. The aim is to highlight the impact of disturbances or environmental forcing (local and global) on the spatio-temporal structuring of microbial communities and functions.

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Objectives

- To know the complexity of microbial interactions in terrestrial and aquatic environments as well as the major role of microorganisms in the functioning of ecosystems;

- Be able to illustrate with examples the role of microorganisms in biogeochemical cycles, and their contribution to the stability and resilience of ecosystems.

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Necessary pre-requisites

General Microbiology, Molecular and Genomic Biology and Ecology basics.

 

Recommended prerequisites*: microbial ecology

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Knowledge control

Full terminal control

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