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FOOD MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY

FOODSCI/MICROBIO 324
Course Description

Lab exercises dealing with food preservation, spoilage, and food poisoning. Isolation, identification and quantification of specific microbes occurring in foods, and food fermentations by bacteria and yeast.

Prerequisites

(MICROBIO 102 or MICROBIO 304 ) and FOODSCI/MICROBIO 325 or concurrent enrollment

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.39

4.58% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

2.99% from Historical

A Rate
39.13%

38.63% from Historical

Class Size
23

-29.52% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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