Spring 2027

The Microbiome of Plants, Animals, and Humans

Examines the structure and function of microbial communities living inside and on plants, animals, and humans, focusing on their relationship to nutrition, health, and disease.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Jean-Michel Ane3.7/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Jean-Michel Ane

Exams were challenging due to numerous multiple-answer questions, while the research project was described as easy, with most students receiving full points.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe how microorganisms interact with plant and animal (including human) hosts in beneficial, neutral or detrimental ways.

  • Express how the environment affects these host-microbe interactions.

  • Summarize new molecular and bioinformatic methods that allow for the study of microbial communities.

  • Describe how microbial communities are essential for life as we know it, and the processes that support life.

  • Articulate several ways in which microbial communities are essential to plant and animal (including human) health.

  • Explain our current knowledge about the diversity of microbial life and why its effects and potential benefits have not been fully explored.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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MICROBIO 101 or 303 or graduate/professional standing

BOTANY/MICROBIO 335

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Spring 2027
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Raw average: 4.00/5 from 1 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Past student reviews · Jean-Michel Ane

Jean-Michel Ane delivered heavy and somewhat disorganized lectures that could have been clearer, though the underlying concepts were not too difficult. Exams were challenging due to multiple-answer questions, while the research project was easy and practice exams helped significantly.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.28 GPA, 55.6% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.52 GPA, 76.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.05 GPA, 56.2% A/AB (n=32 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JEAN-MICHEL ANE is recorded teaching in Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 700
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 700

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Jean-Michel Ane

Jean-Michel Ane taught this course with heavy, slightly disorganized lectures, though students found the core concepts manageable overall.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.28 GPA, 55.6% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.52 GPA, 76.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.05 GPA, 56.2% A/AB (n=32 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Jean-Michel Ane

Exams were challenging due to numerous multiple-answer questions, while the research project was described as easy, with most students receiving full points.

Past student reviews · Jean-Michel Ane

One student noted that practice exams were very helpful, despite feeling the instructor could have explained material more clearly.

Topics

  • Microbiome and microbiota concepts
  • Host nutrition, health, and disease
  • Molecular and bioinformatic methods

Skills

  • Describing host-microbe interactions
  • Summarizing molecular and bioinformatic methods

Grades

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Sources & history

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Selected offering source records
BOTANY/MICROBIO 335 · Spring 2027

The Microbiome of Plants, Animals, and Humans

Recorded 2026-10-14
BOTANY/MICROBIO 335 · Spring 2027

The Microbiome of Plants, Animals, and Humans

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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