Microbiology : an evolving science / Joan L. Slonczewski, John W. Foster and Erik R. Zinser

Contents

Part 1 The Microbial Cell
1 Microbial life: origin and discovery
2 Observing the Microbial cell
3 Cell structure and fuction
4 Bacerial culture, growth and development
5 Environmental influences and control of Microbial growth
6 Viruses

Part 2 Genes and Genomes
7 Genomes and Chromosomes
8 Transcription, translation and protein processing
9 Genetic change and Genome evolution
10 Molecular regulation
11 Viral molecular biology
12 Molecular complexity and synthetic biology

Part 3 Metabolism and Biochemistry
13 Energetics and catabolism
14 Electron flow in organotrophy, lithotrophy and phototrophy
15 Biosynthesis
16 Food and industrial microbiology

Part 4 Microbial Diversity and Ecology
17 Origins and evolution
18 Bacterial diversity
19 Archaeal diversity
20 Eukaryotic diversity
21 Microbial ecology
22 Element cycles and environmental microbiology

Part 5 Medicine and Immunology
23 The human microbiome and innate immunity
24 The adaptive immune response
25 Pathogenesis
26 Microbial diseases
27 Antimicrobial therapy and discovery
28 Clinical microbiology and epidemiology

Includes index