TY  - BOOK
AU  - Willey,Joanne M.
AU  - Sherwood,Linda
AU  - Woolverton,Christopher J.
AU  - Prescott,Lansing M.
TI  - Prescott's principles of microbiology
SN  - 9780071283670
U1  - QW 4 W714p 2009 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Boston
PB  - McGraw-Hill Higher Education
KW  - Microbiology
N1  - Includes index; Contents

Part One 
INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY 
1 The History and Scope of Microbiology
2 Microscopes and the Study of Microbial Structure
3 Procaryotic Cell Structure and Function
4 Eucaryotic Cell Structure and Function
5 Viruses and Other Acellular Agents

Part Two 
MICROBIAL NUTRITION, GROWTH, AND CONTROL 
6 Microbial Nutrition
7 Microbial Growth
8 Control of Microorganisms by Physical and Chemical 
Agents

Part Three 
MICROBIAL METABOLISM 
9 Introduction to Metabolism 
10 Catabolism: Energy Release and Conservation 
11 Anabolism: The Use of Energy in Biosynthesis 

Part Four 
MICROBIAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS 
12 Genes: Structure, Replication, and Expression 
13 Regulation of Gene Expression
14 Mechanisms of Genetic Variation 
15 Microbial Genomics
16 Biotechnology and Industrial Microbiology 

Part Five
THE DIVERSITY OF THE MICROBIAL WORLD 
17 Microbial Evolution, Taxonomy, and Diversity 
18 The Archaea 
19 Bacteria: The Deinococci and Gram-Negative 
Nonproteobacteria 
20 The Proteobacteria 
21 The Low G + C Gram-Positive Bacteria 
22 The High G + C Gram-Positive Bacteria 
23 Eucaryotic Microbes 
24 Viral Diversity
 
Part Six 
ECOLOGY AND SYMBIOSIS 
25 Biogeochemical Cycling and the Study of 
Microbial Ecology 
26 Microorganisms in Natural Environments 
27 Microbial Interactions 

Part Seven
HOST DEFENSES 
28 Nonspecific (Innate) Host Resistance 
29 Specific (Adaptive) Immunity

Part Eight
MICROBIAL DISEASES AND THEIR CONTROL 
30 Pathogenicity of Microorganisms  
31 Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 
32 Clinical Microbiology and Immunology 
33 The Epidemiology of Infectious Disease 

Part Nine 
APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 
34 Microbiology of Food 
35 Applied Environmental Microbiology
Appendix I A Review of the Chemistry of 
Biological Molecules 
Appendix II Common Metabolic Pathways
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip081/2007040352.html
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