Table of Contents

1 The Main Themes of Microbiology

2 From Atoms to Cells: A Chemical Connection

3 Tools of the Laboratory: Methods for Studying Microorganisms

4 Procaryotic Profiles: The Bacteria

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 It's Applications

16 Immunization and Immune Assays

17 Disorders in Immunity

Introduction to Medical Microbiology

18 The Cocci of Medical Importance

19 The Gram-Positive Bacilli of Medical Importance

20 The Gram-Negative Bacilli of Medical Importance

21 Miscellaneous Bacterial Agents of Disease

22 Fungal Diseases

23 The Parasitic Diseases of Humans

24 Introduction to Viral Diseases and DNA Viruses

25 RNA Virus Diseases