Stockbridge Sch of Agriculture 515 - Micbiol Of The Soil

Fall
2021
01
3.00
Stephen Simkins

TU TH 4:00PM 5:15PM

UMass Amherst
21404
Holdsworth Hall room 203
ssimkins@umass.edu
14451
Microbial processes in the soil and sediment environment; ecology of the various microbial communities; the decomposition of organic matter, carbon transformation, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus and other mineral transformations. Chemistry of these reactions and their biogeochemical implications. Biological equilibrium, the rhizosphere, and microbial associations. Prerequisites: basic biology and organic chemistry.

Pre Req: CHEM 250 or 261 Meets with EnvirSci 515.

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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