PART 1 FOUNDATIONS OF MICROBIOLOGY
Chapter 1 Microbiology: Then and Now
Chapter 2 The Chemical Building Blocks of Life
Chapter 3 Concepts and Tools for Studying Microorganisms
PART 2 THE BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA
Chapter 4 Prokaryotic Cell Structure and Function
Chapter 5 Prokaryotic Growth and Nutrition
Chapter 6 Metabolism of Prokaryotic Cells
Chapter 7 Prokaryotic Genetics
Chapter 8 Gene Transfer, Genetic Engineering, and Genomics
PART 3 BACTERIAL DISEASES OF HUMANS
Chapter 9 Airborne Bacterial Diseases
Chapter 10 Foodborne and Waterborne Bacterial Diseases
Chapter 11 Soilborne and Arthropodborne Bacterial Diseases
Chapter 12 Sexually Transmitted, Contact, and Miscellaneous Bacterial Diseases
PART 4 VIRUSES AND EUKARYOTIC MICROORGANISMS
Chapter 13 The Viruses and Virus-Like Agents
Chapter 14 Viral Infections of the Respiratory Tract and Skin
Chapter 15 Viral Infections of the Blood, Lymphatic, Gastrointestinal, and Nervous System
Chapter 16 Eukaryotic Microorganisms: The Fungi
Chapter 17 Eukaryotic Microorganisms: The Parasites
PART 5 DISEASE AND RESISTANCE
Chapter 18 Infection and Disease
Chapter 19 Resistance and the Immune System: Innate Immunity
Chapter 20 Resistance and the Immune System: Acquired Immunity
Chapter 21 Immunity and Serology
Chapter 22 Immune Disorders
PART 6 CONTROL OF MICROORGANISMS
Chapter 23 Physical and Chemical Control of Microorganisms
Chapter 24 Antimicrobial Drugs
PART 7 MICROBIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 25 Microbiology of Foods
Chapter 26 Environmental Microbiology
Chapter 27 Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology
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