Foundations in Microbiology
- 6th ed.
- Boston: McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2008.
- xxi, 834p. ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Chapter 1 The Main Themes of Microbiology -- Chapter 2 The Chemistry of Biology -- Chapter 3 Tools of the Laboratory: The Methods for Studying Microorganisms -- Chapter 4 An Introduction to Cells and Procaryotic Cell Structure and Function -- Chapter 5 Eucaryotic Cells and Microorganisms -- Chapter 6 An Introduction to the Viruses -- Chapter 7 Elements of Microbial Nutrition, Ecology, and Growth -- Chapter 8 Microbial Metabolism: The Chemical Crossroads of Life -- Chapter 9 Microbial Genetics -- Chapter 10 Genetic Engineering: A Revolution in Molecular Biology -- Chapter 11 Physical and Chemical Control of Microbes -- Chapter 12 Drugs, Microbes, Host -- The Elements of Chemotherapy -- Chapter 13 Microbe-Human Interactions -- Chapter 14 Nonspecific Host Defenses -- Chapter 15 Adaptive, Specific Immunity and Immunization -- Chapter 16 Disorders in Immunity -- Chapter 17 Diagnosing Infections -- Chapter 18 The Cocci of Medical Importance -- Chapter 19 The Gram-Positive Bacilli of Medical Importance -- Chapter 20 The Gram-Negative Bacilli of Medical Importance -- Chapter 21 Miscellaneous Bacterial Agents of Disease -- Chapter 22 The Fungi of Medical Importance -- Chapter 23 The Parasites of Medical Importance -- Chapter 24 Introduction to Viruses: The DNA Viruses -- Chapter 25 The RNA Viruses that Infect Humans -- Chapter 26 Environmental and Applied Microbiology.