About the Authors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Unit 1. The Foundations of Microbiology
Chapter 1. The Microbial World
Chapter 2. Microbial Cell Structure and Function
Chapter 3. Microbial Metabolism
Chapter 4. Microbial Growth and Its Control
Chapter 5. Viruses and Their Multiplication
Unit 2. Molecular Biology and Genetics
Chapter 6 Molecular Information Flow and Protein Processing
Chapter 7 Microbial Regulatory Systems
Chapter 8 Molecular Aspects of Microbial Growth
Chapter 9 Genetics of Bacteria and Archaea
Unit 3. Genomics, Synthetic Biology, and Evolution
Chapter 10 Microbial Genomics and Other Omics
Chapter 11 Viral Genomics and Diversity
Chapter 12 Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology
Chapter 13 Microbial Evolution and Genome Dynamics
Unit 4. Microbial Diversity
Chapter 14 Metabolic Diversity of Microorganisms
Chapter 15 Ecological Diversity of Bacteria
Chapter 16 Phylogenetic 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. Immune Disorders and Antimicrobial Therapy
Unit 7. Infectious Diseases
Chapter 29. Diagnosing Infectious Diseases
Chapter 30. Epidemiology and Public Health
Chapter 31. Person-to-Person Bacterial and Viral Diseases
Chapter 32. Vectorborne and Soilborne Bacterial and Viral Diseases
Chapter 33. Waterborne and Foodborne Bacterial and Viral Diseases
Chapter 34. Eukaryotic Pathogens: Fungi, Protozoa, and Helminths
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