Table Of Contents

1. Preface
2. An Invisible World
3. How We See the Invisible World
4. The Cell
5. Prokaryotic Diversity
6. The Eukaryotes of Microbiology
7. Acellular Pathogens
8. Microbial Biochemistry
9. Microbial Metabolism
10. Microbial Growth
11. Biochemistry of the Genome
12. Mechanisms of Microbial Genetics
13. Modern Applications of Microbial Genetics
14. Control of Microbial Growth
15. Antimicrobial Drugs
16. Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
17. Disease and Epidemiology
18. Innate Nonspecific Host Defenses
19. Adaptive Specific Host Defenses
20. Diseases of the Immune System
21. Laboratory Analysis of the Immune Response
22. Skin and Eye Infections
23. Respiratory System Infections
24. Urogenital System Infections
25. Digestive System Infections
26. Circulatory and Lymphatic System Infections
27. Nervous System Infections