Content:

1. A Brief History of Microbiology 1

2. The Chemistry of Microbiology 26

3. Cell Structure and Function 56

4. Microscopy, Staining, and Classification 94

5. Microbial Metabolism 124

6. Microbial Nutrition and Growth 165

7. Microbial Genetics 196

8. Recombinant DNA Technology 239

9. Controlling Microbial Growth in the Environment 261

10. Controlling Microbial Growth in the Body: Antimicrobial Drugs 286
11. Characterizing and Classifying Prokaryotes 315

12. Characterizing and Classifying Eukaryotes 344

13. Characterizing and Classifying Viruses, Viroids, and Prions 380

14. Infection, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology 407

15. Innate Immunity 441

16. Adaptive Immunity 467

17. Immunization and Immune Testing 498

18. AIDS and Other Immune Disorders 521

19. Microbial Diseases if the Skin and Wounds 551

20. Microbial Diseases of the Nervous System and Eyes 591

21. Microbial Cardiovascular and Systemic Diseases 623

22. Microbial Diseases of the Respiratory System 659

23. Microbial Diseases of the Digestive System 695

24. Microbial Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive System 727

25. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 755