THIS COURSE INTRODUCES THE GENERAL METHODS IN TAXONOMY AND ECOLOGY OF MARINE BACTERIA. THE CONTENTS INCLUDE SAMPLE COLLECTION, MEASUREMENT OF CELL NUMBER AND BIOMASS OF MARINE BACTERIA, PREPARATION OF CULTURE MEDIA, OBSERVATION OF CELL AND COLONY MORPHOLOGY, DETERMINATION OF GROWTH, GRAM REACTION, G + C CONTENTS AND VARIOUS PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS, ANALYSIS OF QUINONES, POLAR LIPIDS AND CELLULAR FATTY ACIDS AND PHENOTYPIC AND PHYLOGENETIC CLASSIFICATION.