340) 
154h. 
164h. 
199h. 
300h. 
NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY (Continued) VAN NIEL 
In the second half-quarter, the material of Course 153h 
will be expanded, and special emphasis will be placed on the 
biochemical properties of micro-organisms, from which the 
fundamentals of "eOmparative biochemistry” will be derived. 
Some general methods for the study of biochemical phenomena 
will be presented. 
PHYSIOLOGY OF ALGAE BLINKS 
Lectures and experiments on the physiology of fresh-water 
epiphytic, marine and brine algae. Osmotic and salt effects, 
permeability, respiration, pigments, photosynthesis and 
tropisms are among the topics studied. 
SPECIAL PROBLEMS (see under First Half) 
RESEARCH (see under First Half) 
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