Microbiology

Part 1. Introduction to Microbiology. 1. The History and Scope of Microbiology. 2. The Study of Microbial Structure: Microscopy and Specimen Preparation. 3. Procaryotic Cell Structure and Function. 4. Eucaryotic Cell Structure and Function. Part 2. Microbial Nutrition, Growth and Control. 5. Microbial Nutrition. 6. Microbial Growth. 7. Control of Microorganisms by Physical and Chemical Agents. Part 3. Microbial Metabolism. 8. Metabolism: Energy, Enzymes, and Regulation. 9. Metabolism: Energy Release and Conservation. 10. Metabolism: The Use of Energy in Biosynthesis. Part 4. Microbial Molecular Biology and Genetics. 11. Genes: Structure, Replication and Mutation. 12. Genes: Expression and Regulation. 13. Microbial Recombination and Plasmids. Part 5. DNA Technology and Genomics. 14. Recombinant DNA Technology. 15. Microbial Genomics. Part 6. The Viruses. 16. The Viruses: Introduction and General Characteristics. 17. The Viruses: Bacteriophages. 18. The Viruses: Viruses of Eucaryotes. Part 7. The Diversity of the Microbial World. 19. Microbial Taxonomy. 20. The Archaea. 21. Bacteria: The Deinococci and Nonproteobacteria Gram Negatives. 22. Bacteria: The Proteobacteria. 23. Bacteria: The Low G + C Gram Positives. 24. Bacteria: The High G + C Gram Positives. 25. The Fungi (Eumycota), Slime Molds, and Water Molds. 26. The Algae. 27. The Protozoa. Part 8. Ecology and Symbiosis. 28. Microorganism Interactions and Microbial Ecology. 29. Microorganisms in Aquatic Environments. 30. Microorganisms in Terrestrial Environments. Part 9. Nonspecific Resistance and the Immune Response. 31. Normal Microbiota and Nonspecific Host Resistance. 32. Specific Immunity. 33. Medical Immunology. Part 10. Microbial Diseases and their Control. 34. Pathogenicity of Microorganisms. 35. Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 36. Clinical Microbiology. 37. The Epidemiology of Infectious Disease. 38. Human Diseases Caused by Viruses. 39. Human Diseases Caused by Bacteria. 40. Human Diseases Caused by Fungi and Protozoa. Part 11. Food and Industrial Microbiology. 41. Microbiology of Food. 42. Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology.