Part I Introduction to Microbiology 1 The History and Scope of Microbiology 2 The Study of Microbial Structure: Microscopy and Specimen Preparation 3 Procaryotic Cell Structure and Function 4 Eucaryotic Cell Structure and Function Part II Microbial Nutrition, Growth, and Control 5 Microbial Nutrition 6 Microbial Growth 7 Control of Microorganisms by Physical and Chemical Agents Part III Microbial Metabolism 8 Metabolism: Energy, Enzymes, and Regulation 9 Metabolism: Energy Release and Conservation 10 Metabolism: The Use of Energy in Biosynthesis Part IV Microbial Molecular Biology and Genetics 11 Microbial Genetics: Gene Structure, Replication, and Expression 12 Microbial Genetics of Gene Expression 13 Microbial Genetics: Mechanisms of Genetic Variation Part V DNA Technology and Genomics 14 Recombinant DNA Technology 15 Microbial Genomics Part VI The Viruses 16 The Viruses: Introduction and General Characteristics 17 The Viruses: Viruses of Bacteria and Archaea 18 The Viruses: Eucaryotic Viruses and Other Acellular Infectious Agents Part VII The Diversity of the Microbial World 19 Microbial Evolution, Taxonomy, and Diversity 20 The Archaea 21 Bacteria: The Deinococci and Nonproteobacteria Gram Negatives 22 Bacteria: The Proteobacteria 23 Bacteria: The Low G + C Gram Positives 24 Bacteria: The High G + C Gram Positives 25 The Protists 26 The Fungi (Eumycota) Part VIII Ecology and Symbiosis 27 Biogeochemical Cycling and Introductory Microbial Ecology 28 Microorganism in Marine and Freshwater Environments 29 Microorganisms in Terrestrial Environments Part IX Nonspecific (Innate) Resistance and the Immune Response 30 Microbial Interactions 31 Nonspecific (Innate) Host Resistance 32 Specific (Adaptive) Immunity 33 Pathogenecity of Microorganisms Part X Microbial Diseases and Their Control 34 Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 35 Clinical Microbiology 36 The Epidemiology of Infectious Disease 37 Human Diseases Caused by Viruses 38 Human Diseases Caused by Bacteria 39 Human Diseases Caused by Fungi and Protists Part XI Food and Industrial Microbiology 40 Microbiology of Food 41 Applied and Industrial Microbiology Appendix I A Review of the Chemistry of Biological Molecules Appendix II Common Metabolic Pathways