Microbiology
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Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter 1. An Invisible World
  3. Chapter 2. How We See the Invisible World
  4. Chapter 3. The Cell
  5. Chapter 4. Prokaryotic Diversity
  6. Chapter 5. The Eukaryotes of Microbiology
  7. Chapter 6. Acellular Pathogens
  8. Chapter 7. Microbial Biochemistry
  9. Chapter 8. Microbial Metabolism
  10. Chapter 9. Microbial Growth
  11. Chapter 10. Biochemistry of the Genome
  12. Chapter 11. Mechanisms of Microbial Genetics
  13. Chapter 12. Modern Applications of Microbial Genetics
  14. Chapter 13. Control of Microbial Growth
  15. Chapter 14. Antimicrobial Drugs
  16. Chapter 15. Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
  17. Chapter 16. Disease and Epidemiology
  18. Chapter 17. Innate Nonspecific Host Defenses
  19. Chapter 18. Adaptive Specific Host Defenses
  20. Chapter 19. Diseases of the Immune System
  21. Chapter 20. Laboratory Analysis of the Immune Response
  22. Chapter 21. Skin and Eye Infections
  23. Chapter 22. Respiratory System Infections
  24. Chapter 23. Urogenital System Infections
  25. Chapter 24. Digestive System Infections
  26. Chapter 25. Circulatory and Lymphatic System Infections
  27. Chapter 26. Nervous System Infections
  28. Appendix A. Fundamentals of Physics and Chemistry Important to Microbiology*
  29. Appendix B. Mathematical Basics*
  30. Appendix C. Metabolic Pathways*
  31. Appendix D. Taxonomy of Clinically Relevant Microorganisms*
  32. Appendix E. Glossary*
  33. Solutions