Alcamo's fundamentals of microbiology /
Pommerville, Jeffrey C.
Alcamo's fundamentals of microbiology / Jeffrey C. Pommerville. - 8th ed. - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2007 - 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.
1. Foundations of microbiology: Microbiology, then and now; Chemical building blocks of life; Concepts and tools for studying microorganisms ;
2. Bacteria and archaea: Prokaryotic cell structure and function; Prokaryotic growth and nutrition; Metabolism of prokaryotic cells; Prokaryotic genetics; Gene transfer, genetic engineering, and genomics ;
3. Bacterial diseases of humans: Airborne bacterial diseases; Foodborne and waterborne bacterial diseases; Soilborne and arthropodborne bacterial diseases; Sexually transmitted, contact, and miscellaneous bacterial diseases ;
4. Viruses and eukaryotic microorganisms: Viruses and virus-like agents; Viral infections of the respiratory tract and skin; Viral infections of the blood, lymphatic, gastrointestinal, and nervous systems; Eukaryotic microorganisms, the fungi; Eukaryotic microorganisms, the parasites ;
5. Disease and resistance: Infection and disease; Resistance and the immune system, innate immunity; Resistance and the immune system, acquired immunity; Immunity and serology; Immune disorders ;
6. Control of microorganisms: Physical and chemical control of microorganism; Antimicrobial drugs ;
7. Microbiology and public health: Microbiology of foods; Environmental microbiology; Industrial microbiology and biotechnology ;
8. Appendices: Metric measurement; Temperature conversion chart; Answers to even-numbered end-of-chapter questions; Answers to microinquiry questions ;
9. Glossary.
0763737623 (alk. paper) 9780763737627 (alk. paper)
Microbiology.
Medical microbiology.
Microbiology.
579 / P787
Alcamo's fundamentals of microbiology / Jeffrey C. Pommerville. - 8th ed. - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2007 - 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.
1. Foundations of microbiology: Microbiology, then and now; Chemical building blocks of life; Concepts and tools for studying microorganisms ;
2. Bacteria and archaea: Prokaryotic cell structure and function; Prokaryotic growth and nutrition; Metabolism of prokaryotic cells; Prokaryotic genetics; Gene transfer, genetic engineering, and genomics ;
3. Bacterial diseases of humans: Airborne bacterial diseases; Foodborne and waterborne bacterial diseases; Soilborne and arthropodborne bacterial diseases; Sexually transmitted, contact, and miscellaneous bacterial diseases ;
4. Viruses and eukaryotic microorganisms: Viruses and virus-like agents; Viral infections of the respiratory tract and skin; Viral infections of the blood, lymphatic, gastrointestinal, and nervous systems; Eukaryotic microorganisms, the fungi; Eukaryotic microorganisms, the parasites ;
5. Disease and resistance: Infection and disease; Resistance and the immune system, innate immunity; Resistance and the immune system, acquired immunity; Immunity and serology; Immune disorders ;
6. Control of microorganisms: Physical and chemical control of microorganism; Antimicrobial drugs ;
7. Microbiology and public health: Microbiology of foods; Environmental microbiology; Industrial microbiology and biotechnology ;
8. Appendices: Metric measurement; Temperature conversion chart; Answers to even-numbered end-of-chapter questions; Answers to microinquiry questions ;
9. Glossary.
0763737623 (alk. paper) 9780763737627 (alk. paper)
Microbiology.
Medical microbiology.
Microbiology.
579 / P787
