Loose Leaf Version of Prescott's Microbiology

Johanne M. Willey is Full Professor at the Hofstra University in Long Island, New York. Linda M. Sherwood is a member of the Department of Microbiology at the Montana State University. Christopher J. Woolverton is Professor of Biological Sciences at Kent State University, Ohio.

Part One Introduction to Microbiology
1. The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology
2. Microscopy and Specimen Preparation
3. Bacterial Cell Structure
4. Archaeal Cell Structure
5. Eukaryotic Cell Structure
6. Viruses and Other Acellular Infectious Agents

Part Two Microbial Nutrition, Growth, and Control
7. Microbial Growth
8. Control of Microorganisms in the Environment
9. Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Part Three Microbial Metabolism
10. Introduction to Metabolism
11. Catabolism: Energy Release and Conservation
12. Anabolism: The Use of Energy in Biosynthesis

Part Four Microbial Molecular Biology and Genetics
13. Bacterial Genome Replication and Expression
14. Regulation of Bacterial Cellular Processes
15. Eukaryotic and Archaeal Genome Replication and Expression
16. Mechanisms of Genetic Variation
17. Recombinant DNA Technology
18. Microbial Genomics

Part Five The Diversity of the Microbial World
19. Microbial Taxonomy and the Evolution of Diversity
20. The Archaea
21. The Deinococci, Mollicutes, and Nonproteobacterial Gram-Negative Bacteria
22. The Proteobacteria
23. Firmicutes: The Low G ∙ C Gram-Positive Bacteria
24. A ctinobacteria: The High G ∙ C Gram-Positive Bacteria
25. The Protists
26. The Fungi (Eumycota)
27. The Viruses

Part Six Ecology and Symbiosis
28. Biogeochemical Cycling and Global Climate Change
29. Methods in Microbial Ecology
30. Microorganisms in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
31. Microorganisms in Terrestrial Ecosystems
32. Microbial Interactions

Part Seven Pathogenicity and Host Response
33. Innate Host Resistance
34. Adaptive Immunity
35. Pathogenicity and Infection

Part Eight Microbial Diseases, Detection, and Their Control
36. Clinical Microbiology and Immunology
37. Epidemiology and Public Health Microbiology
38. Human Diseases Caused by Viruses and Prions
39. Human Diseases Caused by Bacteria
40. Human Diseases Caused by Fungi and Protists

Part Nine Applied Microbiology
41. Microbiology of Food
42. Biotechnology and Industrial Microbiology
43. Applied Environmental Microbiology