MICROBIOLOGY

Explore the foundations of microbiology, microbial biochemistry, metabolism and genetics. Topics covered provide a basis for understanding various ways we can control and combat microbial growth, pathogenicity, interactions between microbes and the human immune system, human health and disease. 

Table of Contents:

• 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
• Appendix E: Glossary