Aquatic Geomicrobiology: Metabolisms

A&O SCI CM114A - Aquatic Geomicrobiology: Metabolisms

<p>(Formerly numbered CM237.) (Same as Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences CM214A.) Lecture, three hours. Recommended requisite: course M105 or Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences C107. Study of fundamental geomicrobiological metabolisms and biogeochemical reactions occurring in aquatic systems and how these processes interact with environment. Metabolisms include photoautotrophic (anoxygenic and oxygenic photosynthesis), chemoheterotrophic (fermentation and respiration of organic matter), photoheterotrophic (organic matter degradation with light), and chemoautotrophic (iron, nitrogen, manganese, methane, and sulfur oxidation) pathways. Introduction of principals of bioenergetics (adenosine triphosphate production, Gibbs free energy, chemiosmosis, thermodynamic calculations) and biological isotope fractionation. Concurrently scheduled with course CM114A. S/U or letter grading.</p>

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Aquatic Geomicrobiology: Metabolisms

A&O SCI CM237A

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