Focuses on the general biology in microbes, primarily prokaryotes. Topics include the structure, physiology, and development of microorganisms and microbial communities, their culture and control, microbial genomics & metagenomics, and the importance of diverse microbes in food, agriculture, ecology and medicine.

Prerequisites: MCDB 101A; Chemistry 109A-B-C (Chem 109C may be taken concurrently), or Chemistry 109A-B and MCDB 110. Completion of all listed prerequisites with a grade of C or better.

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2.4
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MCDB131 . Low S H 5 Months Ago

OMG IVE NEVER LEFT TWO REVIEWS BEFORE BUT SENG LOW DESERVE INFINITE SHE IS AWFUL literally evil

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MCDB131 . Low S H 5 Months Ago

if you want a C, take this class. if you want to feel incompetent, take this class. if you want to study for days on end and still fail, take this class.

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MCDB131 . Low S H 16 Years Ago

Very good teacher. Cares a lot about her students, which shows in lecture and in section. Great advice for grad/med school as well. Great sense of humor!

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MCDB131 . Low S H 16 Years Ago

She's HILARIOUS! Her lecture slides her clear and she explains things more than once so that you can understand the concept the second time. Her videos are helpful, too. It makes understanding the mechanisms much easier. She emails back quickly and makes microbiology fun!

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MCDB1B . Low S H 2 Months Ago

she really isn't a good explainer on some topics but also alright at others. basically just reads lecture slides and is loud to be funny. the topics she covered were interesting but her lectures made me want to sleep. other half of the class was miserable so she was the better part of it. VERY hard exams, know every word on the slide. good luck.

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MCDB1B . Low S H 2 Months Ago

the worst professor I have ever been taught by in my entire life. genuinely does not know how to make a test at all, let alone convey basic information and her inflection and tone in teaching is probably the most abhorrent thing I have subjected myself to. Please avoid her at all and any costs because she will genuinely impact your GPA.

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