About the Authors
Part One. Introduction to Microbiology
1. The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology
2. Microscopy
3. Bacterial Cell Structure
4. Archaeal Cell Structure
5. Eukaryotic Cell Structure
6. Viruses and Other Acellular Infectious Agents
Part Two. Microbial Nutrition, Growth, and Control
7. Bacterial and Archaeal Growth
8. Control of Microorganisms in the Environment
9. Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Part Three. Microbial Metabolism
10. Introduction to Metabolism
11. Catabolism: Energy Release and Conservation
12. Anabolism: The Use of Energy in Biosynthesis
Part Four. Microbial Molecular Biology and Genetics
13. Bacterial Genome Replication and Expression
14. Regulation of Bacterial Cellular Processes
15. Eukaryotic and Archaeal Genome Replication and Expression
16. Mechanisms of Genetic Variation
17. Microbial DNA Technologies
18. Microbial Genomics
Part Five. The Diversity of the Microbial World
19. Microbial Taxonomy and the Evolution of Diversity
20. Archaea
21. Nonproteobacterial Gram-Negative Bacteria
22. Proteobacteria
23. Gram-Positive Bacteria
24. Protists
25. Fungi
26. Viruses
Part Six. Ecology and Symbiosis
27. Microbial Interactions
28. Biogeochemical Cycling and Global Climate Change
29. Methods in Microbial Ecology
30. Microorganisms in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
31. Microorganisms in Terrestrial Ecosystems
Part Seven. Pathogenicity and Host Response
32. Innate Host Resistance
33. Adaptive Immunity
34. The Microbe-Human Ecosystem
35. Infection and Pathogenicity
Part Eight. Microbial Diseases, Detection, and Their Control
36. Epidemiology and Public Health Microbiology
37. Clinical Microbiology and Immunology
38. Human Diseases Caused by Viruses and Prions
39. Human Diseases Caused by Bacteria
40. Human Diseases Caused by Fungi and Protists
Part Nine. Applied Microbiology
41. Microbiology of Food
42. Biotechnology and Industrial Microbiology
43. Applied Environmental Microbiology
Appendix 1. A Review of the Chemistry of Biological Molecules
Appendix 2. Common Metabolic Pathways
Appendix 3. Microorganism Pronunciation Guide
Glossary

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