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Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- 1: The History and Scope of Microbiology
- 2: Microscopes and the Study of Microbial Structure
- 3: Procaryotic Cell Structure and Function
- 4: Eucaryotic Cell Structure and Function
- 5: Viruses and Other Acellular Agents
- 6: Microbial Nutrition
- 7: Microbial Growth
- 8: Control of Microorganisms
- 9: Introduction to Metabolism
- 10: Catabolism: Energy Release and Conservation
- 11: Anabolism: The Use of Energy in Biosynthesis
- 12: Genes: Structure, Replication, and Expression
- 13: Regulation of Gene Expression
- 14: Mechanisms of Genetic Variation
- 15: Microbial Genomics
- 16: Biotechnology and Industrial Microbiology
- 17: Microbial Evolution, Taxonomy, and Diversity
- 18: The Archaea
- 19: The Deinococci and Gram-Negative Nonproteobacteria
- 20: The Proteobacteria
- 21: The Low G C Gram-Positive Bacteria
- 22: The High G C Gram-Positive Bacteria
- 23: Eucaryotic Microbes
- 24: Viral Diversity
- 25: Biogeochemical Cycling and the Study of Microbial Ecology
- 26: Microorganisms in Natural Environments
- 27: Microbial Interactions
- 28: Nonspecific (Innate) Host Resistance
- 29: Specific (Adaptive) Immunity
- 30: Pathogenicity of Microorganisms
- 31: Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
- 32: Clinical Microbiology and Immunology
- 33: The Epidemiology of Infectious Disease
- 34: Microbiology of Food
- 35: Applied Environmental Microbiology
- Appendix I: A Review of the Chemistry of Biological Molecules
- Appendix II: Proofreaders' Marks
- Glossary
- Credits
- Index
