Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Course Code | : BİO618 |
| Course Type | : Area Elective |
| Couse Group | : Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree) |
| Education Language | : Turkish |
| Work Placement | : N/A |
| Theory | : 3 |
| Prt. | : 0 |
| Credit | : 3 |
| Lab | : 0 |
| ECTS | : 8 |
The aim of this course is to cover microplastic pollution and diversity in terrestrial and aquatic environments, the interaction of microplastics and microorganisms, microbiome profiles and analysis methods in microplastics, biodegradation of microplastics by microorganisms, the importance of microplastics in terms of environment and public health.
Types, use, physicochemical properties of microplastics, transport and accumulation in terrestrial and aquatic environments, effects of microplastics in the food chain, interaction of microplastics with microorganisms, biodegradation of microplastics, effects of microplastic pollution on environment and human health.