UNIT 1. The Foundations of Microbiology
CHAPTER 1. The Microbial World
CHAPTER 2. Microbial Cell Structure and Function
CHAPTER 3. Microbial Metabolism
CHAPTER 4. Molecular Information Flow and Protein Processing
UNIT 2. Microbial Growth and Regulation
CHAPTER 5. Microbial Growth and Its Control
CHAPTER 6. Microbial Regulatory Systems
CHAPTER 7. Molecular Biology of Microbial Growth
CHAPTER 8. Viruses and Their Replication
UNIT 3. Genomics and Genetics
CHAPTER 9 Microbial Systems Biology
CHAPTER 10. Viral Genomics, Diversity, and Ecology
CHAPTER 11. Genetics of Bacteria and Archaea
CHAPTER 12. Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology
UNIT 4. Microbial Evolution and Diversity
CHAPTER 13. Microbial Evolution and Systematics
CHAPTER 14. Metabolic Diversity of Microorganisms
CHAPTER 15. Functional Diversity of Microorganisms
CHAPTER 16. Diversity of Bacteria
CHAPTER 17. Diversity of Archaea
CHAPTER 18. Diversity of Microbial Eukarya
UNIT 5. Microbial Ecology and Environmental Microbiology
CHAPTER 19. Taking the Measure of Microbial Systems
CHAPTER 20. Microbial Ecosystems
CHAPTER 21. Nutrient Cycles
CHAPTER 22. Microbiology of the Built Environment
CHAPTER 23. Microbial Symbioses with Microbes, Plants, and Animals
UNIT 6. Microbe-Human Interactions and the Immune System
CHAPTER 24. Microbial Symbioses with Humans
CHAPTER 25. Microbial Infection and Pathogenesis
CHAPTER 26. Innate Immunity: Broadly Specific Host Defenses
CHAPTER 27. Adaptive Immunity: Highly Specific Host Defenses
CHAPTER 28. Clinical Microbiology and Immunology
UNIT 7. Infectious Diseases and Their Transmission
CHAPTER 29. Epidemiology
CHAPTER 30. Person-to-Person Bacterial and Viral Diseases
CHAPTER 31. Vectorborne and Soilborne Bacterial and Viral Diseases
CHAPTER 32. Waterborne and Foodborne Bacterial and Viral Diseases
CHAPTER 33. Eukaryotic Pathogens: Fungi, Protozoa, and Helminths
Glossary Terms
Index

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