Microbial life / James T. Staley ... [et al.].
Publication details: Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, c2007.Edition: 2nd editionDescription: 1 v. (in various pagings) : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:- 9780878936854 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0878936858 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 579 22 MIC
- QR41.2 .P467 2007
- QW 4
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Contents
PART I. THE SCOPE OF MICROBIOLOGY
1. Evolution, Microbial Life, and the Biosphere
2. Historical Overview
3. Fundamental Chemistry of the Cell
4. Structure and Function of Bacteria and Archaea
PART II. MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY: NUTRITION AND GROWTH
5. Nutrition, Cultivation, and Isolation of Microorganisms
6. Microbial Growth
7. Control of Microbial Growth
PART III. MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY: METABOLISM
8. Cellular Energy Derived from Chemicals
9. Cellular Energy Derived from Light
10. Biosynthesis of Monomers
11. Assembly of Bacterial Cell Structures
12. Role of Microbes in Biodegradation
PART IV. GENETICS AND BASIC VIROLOGY
13. Basic Genetics
14. Viruses
15. Genetic Exchange
16. Microbial Genomics
PART V. MICROBIAL EVOLUTION AND DIVERSITY
17. Taxonomy of Bacteria and Archaea
18. Archaea
19. Nonphotosynthetic Proteobacteria
20. Gram-Positive Bacteria: Firmicutes and Actinobacteria
21. Phototrophic Bacteria
22. Other Bacterial Phyla
23. Eukaryotic Microorganisms
PART VI. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
24. Microorganisms and Ecosystems
25. Beneficial Symbiotic Associations
26. Human Host-Microbe Interaction
PART VII. IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
27. Immunology
28. Microbial Diseases of Humans
29. Viral Diseases of Humans
30. Epidemiology and Clinical Microbiology
PART VIII. APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
31. Industrial Microbiology
32. Applied Environmental Microbiology
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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