Microbial life /
James T. Staley ... [et al.].
- 2nd edition.
- Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, c2007.
- 1 v. (in various pagings) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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