Microbiology / 6th ed.

Part I Introduction to Microbiology 1 The History and Scope of Microbiology 2 The Study of Microbial Structure: Microscopy and Specimen Preparation 3 Procaryotic Cell Structure and Function 4 Eucaryotic Cell Structure and Function Part II Microbial Nutrition, Growth, and Control 5 Microbial Nutrition 6 Microbial Growth 7 Control of Microorganisms by Physical and Chemical Agents Part III Microbial Metabolism8 Metabolism: Energy, Enzymes, and Regulation9 Metabolism: Energy Release and Conservation 10 Metabolism: The Use of Energy in Biosynthesis Part IV Microbial Molecular Biology and Genetics 11 Genes: Structure, Replication, and Mutation 12 Genes: Expression and Regulation 13 Microbial Recombination and Plasmids Part V DNA Technology and Genomics 14 Recombinant DNA Technology 15 Microbial Genomics Part VI The Viruses16 The Viruses: Introduction and General Characteristics 17 The Viruses: Bacteriophages 18 The Viruses: Viruses of Eucaryotes Part VII The Diversity of the Microbial World 19 Microbial Taxonomy 20 The Archea 21 Bacteria: The Deinococci and Nonproteobacteria Gram Negatives 22 Bacteria: The Proteobacteria 23 Bacteria: The Low G + C Gram Positives 24 Bacteria: The High G + C Gram Positives 25 The Fungi (Eumycota), Slime Molds, and Water Molds 26 The Algae 27 The Protozoa Part VIII Ecology and Symbiosis 28 Microorganism Interactions and Microbial Ecology 29 Microorganisms in Aquatic Environments 30 Microorganisms in Terrestrial Environments Part IX Nonspecific Resistance and the Immune Response31 Normal Microbiota and Nonspecific Host Resistence 32 Specific Immunity 33 Medical Immunology Part X Microbial Diseases and Their Control 34 Pathogenicity of Microorganisms 35 Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 36 Clinical Microbiology 37 The Epidemiology of Infectious Disease 38 Human Diseases Caused by Viruses 39 Human Diseases Caused by Bacteria 40 Human Diseases Caused by Fungi and Protozoa Part XI Food and Industrial Microbiology 41 Microbiology of Food 42 Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology Appendix I A Review of the Chemistry of Biological Molecules Appendix II Common Metabolic PathwaysAppendix III Classification of Procaryotes According to the First Edition of Bergey's Manual of Systematic BacteriologyAppendix IV Classification of Procaryotes According to the Second Edition of Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Appendix V Classification of Viruses