Microbiology
/ senior contributing authors, Nina Parker [and four others]
- 1 online resource (1251 pages) : color illustrations
Includes index.
Chapter 1. An invisible world Chapter 2. How we see the invisible world Chapter 3. The cell Chapter 4. Prokaryotic diversity Chapter 5. The eukaryotes of microbiology Chapter 6. Acellular pathogens Chapter 7. Microbial biochemistry Chapter 8. Microbial metabolism Chapter 9. Microbial growth Chapter 10. Biochemistry of the genome Chapter 11. Mechanisms of microbial genetics Chapter 12. Modern applications of microbial genetics Chapter 13. Control of microbial growth Chapter 14. Antimicrobial drugs Chapter 15. Microbial mechanisms of pathogenicity Chapter 16. Disease and epidemiology Chapter 17. Innate nonspecific host defenses Chapter 18. Adaptive specific host defenses Chapter 19. Diseases of the immune system Chapter 20. Laboratory analysis of the immune response Chapter 21. Skin and eye infections Chapter 22. Respiratory system infections Chapter 23. Urogenital system infections Chapter 24. Digestive system infections Chapter 25. Circulatory and lymphatic system infections Chapter 26. Nervous system infections Appendix A. Fundamentals of physics and chemistry important to microbiology Appendix B. Mathematical basics Appendix C. Metabolic pathways Appendix D. Taxonomy of clinically relevant microorganisms