Chapter Outline

Features of Kingdoms Bacteria and Archaea
   Cellular Detail and Reproduction of Bacteria
   Size, Form, and Classification of Bacteria
Kingdom Bacteria—The True Bacteria
   Phylum Bacteriophyta
Human Relevance of the Unpigmented, Purple, and Green Sulfur Bacteria
   Composting and Compost
   True Bacteria and Disease
   Koch's Postulates
   True Bacteria Useful to Humans
Class Cyanobacteriae—The Cyanobacteria (Blue-Green Bacteria)
   Introduction
   Distribution
   Form, Metabolism, and Reproduction
   Cyanobacteria, Chloroplasts, and Oxygen
   Human Relevance of the Cyanobacteria
Class Prochlorobacteriae—The Prochlorobacteria
Kingdom Archaea—The Archaebacteria
   The Methane Bacteria
   The Salt Bacteria
   The Sulfolobus Bacteria
   Human Relevance of the Archaebacteria
Viruses
   Introduction
   Size and Structure
   Bacteriophages
   Viral Reproduction
   Human Relevance of Viruses
Viroids and Prions
Summary

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