Foundations in Micro Biology

1. The Main Themes of Microbiology -- 2. From Atoms to Cells: A Chemical Connection -- 3. Tools of the Laboratory: The Methods for Studying Microorganisms -- 4. Procaryotic Profiles: The Bacteria and Archaea -- 5. Eucaryotic Cells and Microorganisms -- 6. An Introduction to the Viruses -- 7. Elements of Microbial Nutrition, Ecology, and Growth -- 8. Microbial Metabolism: The Chemical Crossroads of Life -- 9. Microbial Genetics -- 10. Genetic Engineering: A Revolution in Molecular Biology -- 11. Physical and Chemical Control of Microbes -- 12. Drugs, Microbes, Host -- The Elements of Chemotherapy -- 13. Microbe-Human Interactions: Infection and Disease -- 14. The Nature of Host Defenses -- 15. The Acquisition of Specific Immunity and Its Applications -- 16. Immunization and Immune Assays -- 17. Disorders in Immunity Introduction to Identification Techniques in Medical Microbiology -- 18. The Cocci of Medical Importance -- 19. The Gram-Positive Bacilli of Medical Importance -- 20. The Gram-Negative Bacilli of Medical Importance.

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