NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA  
                    SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
                           COURSE CODE: BIO 320 
                     COURSE TITLE: MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 
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                        COURSE CODE:   BIO 320 
          
          
         COURSE TITTLE:         MICROBIAL ECOLOGY (3UNITS) 
          
         COURSE WRITER:         EJEIKWU EMMANUEL OLOJA  
              BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT 
              UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA, ABUJA  
          
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                            TABLE OF CONTENTS 
         Unit 1  Microbes and Ecological Theory 
         Unit 2  Micro-organism in Ecosystem 
         Unit 3  Physiological, Morphological and Genetic adaptations of 
                 Microorganism to their Environments. 
         Unit 4  Bioconversion 
         Unit 5  Microbial Interactions  
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         Unit 1 MICROBES AND ECOLOGICAL THEORY   
         Contents 
         1.0  Introduction 
         1.1   Objective 
         1.2 Main contents 
              Principles of microbial ecology 
              Colonization and succession 
              Succession in natural  habitats 
              Succession of Microorganism on cellophane film 
              Succession of Micro-organism on drung  
              Colonization of  sterile human  hair 
         1.3   Conclusion 
         1.4   Summary 
         1.5   Tutor-marked questions 
         1.6   Further Readings /References 
          
         UNIT 2 MICRO-ORGANISMS IN ECOSYSTEMS 
         2.0  Introduction  
         2.1 Objectives 
         2.2 Main Content 
               Aeromicrobiology  
               Aquatic microbiology 
               Soil microbiology  
         2.3  Conclusion 
         2.4  Summary 
         2.5  Tutor- marked questions 
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