MBIO 3350 - Biology of Fungi

Credits: 3 Class: 3 Lab: 0
Crosslisted BIOL 3340. Credit may not be earned for both. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1302/BIOL 1102, CHEM 1308/CHEM 1108 and credit or enrollment in MBIO 3150.
A comprehensive study of fungi with emphasis on the Kingdom Fungi, but consideration of various other organisms with a fungal lifestyle. Topics include classification, phyogeny and diversity, asexual and sexual characteristics and life cycles, growth, sporulation, nutrition, physiology and metabolism, genetics, ecology, symbiotic and pathogenic relationships, medical mycology, and biotechnology.