Prescott's Microbiology

The author team of Prescott's Microbiology continues the tradition of past editions by providing a balanced, comprehensive introduction to all major areas of microbiology. This balance makes Microbiology appropriate for microbiology majors and mixed majors courses. The authors have introduced a number of pedagogical elements designed to facilitate student learning. They also remain focused on readability, artwork, and the integration of several key themes (including evolution, ecology and diversity) throughout the text, making an already superior text even better.

Table of contents


Part One Introduction to Microbiology
Chapter: 1. The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology
Chapter: 2. Microscopy and Specimen Preparation
Chapter: 3. Bacterial Cell Structure
Chapter: 4. Archaeal Cell Structure
Chapter: 5. Eukaryotic Cell Structure
Chapter: 6. Viruses and Other Acellular Infectious Agents

Part Two Microbial Nutrition, Growth, and Control Chapter: 7. Microbial Growth
Chapter: 8. Control of Microorganisms in the Environment
Chapter: 9. Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Part Three Microbial Metabolism Chapter: 10. Introduction to Metabolism
Chapter: 11. Catabolism: Energy Release and Conservation
Chapter: 12. Anabolism: The Use of Energy in Biosynthesis

Part Four Microbial Molecular Biology and Genetics Chapter: 13. Bacterial Genome Replication and Expression
Chapter: 14. Regulation of Bacterial Cellular Processes
Chapter: 15. Eukaryotic and Archaeal Genome Replication and Expression
Chapter: 16. Mechanisms of Genetic Variation
Chapter: 17. Recombinant DNA Technology
Chapter: 18. Microbial Genomics

Part Five The Diversity of the Microbial World Chapter: 19. Microbial Taxonomy and the Evolution of Diversity
Chapter: 20. The Archaea
Chapter: 21. The Deinococci, Mollicutes, and Nonproteobacterial Gram-Negative Bacteria
Chapter: 22. The Proteobacteria
Chapter: 23. Firmicutes: The Low G · C Gram-Positive Bacteria
Chapter: 24. A ctinobacteria: The High G · C Gram-Positive Bacteria
Chapter: 25. The Protists
Chapter: 26. The Fungi (Eumycota)
Chapter: 27. The Viruses

Part Six Ecology and Symbiosis Chapter: 28. Biogeochemical Cycling and Global Climate Change
Chapter: 29. Methods in Microbial Ecology
Chapter: 30. Microorganisms in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Chapter: 31. Microorganisms in Terrestrial Ecosystems
Chapter: 32. Microbial Interactions

Part Seven Pathogenicity and Host Response Chapter: 33. Innate Host Resistance
Chapter: 34. Adaptive Immunity
Chapter: 35. Pathogenicity and Infection

Part Eight Microbial Diseases, Detection, and Their Control Chapter: 36. Clinical Microbiology and Immunology
Chapter: 37. Epidemiology and Public Health Microbiology
Chapter: 38. Human Diseases Caused by Viruses and Prions
Chapter: 39. Human Diseases Caused by Bacteria
Chapter: 40. Human Diseases Caused by Fungi and Protists

Part Nine Applied Microbiology Chapter: 41. Microbiology of Food
Chapter: 42. Biotechnology and Industrial Microbiology
Chapter: 43. Applied Environmental Microbiology

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