TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pommerville,Jeffrey C.
TI  - Alcamo's fundamentals of microbiology
SN  - 0763737623 (alk. paper)
U1  - 579 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Sudbury, Mass.
PB  - Jones and Bartlett Publishers
KW  - Microbiology
KW  - Medical microbiology
N1  - 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

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