Joanne M. Willey,
Hofstra University Linda M. Sherwood,
Montana State University Christopher J. Woolverton,
Kent State University
ISBN: 0073375268 Copyright year: 2011
Table of Contents
Part One Introduction to Microbiology
1 The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology 1
2 The Study of Microbial Structure: Microscopy
and Specimen Preparation 25
3 Bacteria and Archaea 46
4 Eukaryotic Cell Structure & Function 88
5 Viruses and Other Acellular Infectious Agents 114 Part Two Microbial Nutrition, Growth,
and Control
6 Microbial Nutrition 137
7 Microbial Growth 155
8 Control of Microorganisms in the Environment 190 Part Three Microbial Metabolism
9 Introduction to Metabolism 208
10 Catabolism: Energy Release and Conservation 228
11 Anabolism: Th e Use of Energy in Biosynthesis 264 Part Four Microbial Molecular Biology
and Genetics
12 Genes: Structure, Replication, and Expression 288
13 Microbial Genetics: Regulation of
Gene Expression 331
14 Microbial Genetics: Mechanisms of
Genetic Variation 363
15 Recombinant DNA technology 397
16 Microbial Genomics 419 Part Five The Diversity of the Microbial World
17 Microbial Taxonomy and the Evolution of
Diversity 446
18 The Archaea 473
19 Bacteria: The Deinococci & Nonproteobacteria
Gram Negatives 495
20 Bacteria: The Proteobacteria 514
21 Bacteria: The Low G + C Gram Positives 551
22 Bacteria: The High G + C Gram Positives 568
23 The Protists 582
24 The Fungi (Eumycota) 602
25 The Viruses 616 Part Six Ecology and Symbiosis
26 Biogeochemical Cycling 644
27 Methods in Microbial Ecology 658
28 Microorganisms in Marine and Freshwater
Ecosystems 673
29 Microorganisms in Terrestrial Ecosystems 692
30 Microbial Interactions 713 Part Seven Pathogenicity and Host Response
31 Infection and Pathogenicity 739
32 Nonspecifi c (Innate) Host Resistance 760
33 Specifi c (Adaptive) Immunity 789 Part Eight Microbial Diseases, Detection,
and Their Control
34 Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 826
35 Clinical Microbiology and Immunology 850
36 Epidemiology and Public Health Microbiology 873
37 Human Diseases Caused by Viruses and Prions 897
38 Human Diseases caused by Bacteria 932
39 Human Diseases Caused by Fungi and Protists 982 Part Nine Applied Microbiology
40 Microbiology of Food 1009
41 Industrial Microbiology 1032
42 Applied Environmental Microbiology 1051
Appendix I A1
Appendix 2 A9
Appendix 3 A16
2011