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Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 12th Edition

By Michael T. Madigan, John M. Martinko, Paul V. Dunlap, David P. Clark

ISBN-10: 0-13-232460-1

ISBN-13: 978-0-13-232460-1What's this?

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Pub. Date: Feb 29, 2008

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Table of Contents

Unit 1: Principles of Microbiology

1) Microorganisms and Microbiology

2) A Brief Journey to the Microbial World

3) Chemistry of Cellular Components

4) Cell Structure and Function in Bacteria and Archaea

5) Nutrition, Culture, and Metabolism of Microorganisms

6) Microbial Growth

Unit 2: Molecular Biology of Microorganisms

7) Essentials of Molecular Biology

8) Archaeal and Eukaryotic Molecular Biology

9) Regulation of Gene Expression

10) Overview of Viruses and Virology

11) Principles of Bacterial Genetics

12) Genetic Engineering

13) Microbial Genomics

Unit 3: Microbial Diversity

14)  Microbial Evolution and Systematics

15)  Bacteria: The Proteobacteria

16)  Bacteria: Gram-Positive and Other Bacteria

17)  Archaea

18)  Eukaryotic Cell Biology and Eukaryotic Microorganisms

19)  Viral Diversity

Unit 4: Metabolic Diversity and Microbial Ecology

20)  Metabolic Diversity: Photography, Autotrophy, Chemolithotrophy, and Nitrogen Fixation

21)  Metabolic Diversity: Catabolism of Organic Compounds

22)  Methods in Microbial Ecology

23)  Microbial Ecosystems

24)  Nutrient Cycles, Bioremediation, and Symbioses

Unit 5: Putting Microorganisms to Work

25)  Industrial Microbiology

26)  Biotechnology

Unit 6: Antimicrobial Agents and Pathogenicity

27)  Microbial Growth Control

28)  Microbial Interactions with Humans

Unit 7: Immunology

29)  Essentials of Immunology

30)  Immunology in Host Defense and Disease

31)  Molecular Immunology

Unit 8: Diagnosing and Tracking Infectious Diseases

32)  Diagnostic Microbiology and Immunology

33)  Epidemiology

Unit 9: Microbial Diseases

34)  Person-to-Person Microbial Diseases

35)  Vectorborne and Soilborne Microbial Diseases

36)  Wastewater Treatment, Water Purification, and Waterborne Microbial Diseases

37)  Food Preservation and Foodborne Microbial Diseases

 

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