Description: Lecture, two hours; laboratory, four hours. Requisites: Life Sciences 3 and 4, or 7A, 7B, and 23L with grades of C- or better. Recommended corequisite: course 101. Limited to nonmajors. Experimental techniques of microbiology, with emphasis on cultivation and characterization of bacteria. Laboratory exercises include light microscopy, quantitative techniques, and identification methods. Students learn to work effectively in groups to perform experiments, record observations, and analyze results. Letter grading.

Units: 3.0