Table of Contents:

Part 1:  Foundations of Microbiology

Chapter 1.     Microbiology:  Then and Now

Chapter 2.     Chemical Building Blocks of Life

Chapter 3.     Basic Concepts of Microbiology

Part 2:  The Bacteria

Chapter 4.     Bacterial Structure and Growth

Chapter 5.     Bacterial Metabolism

Chapter 6.     Bacterial Genetics

Chapter 7.     Genetic Engineering and Bacterial Genomics

Part 3:  Bacterial Diseases of Humans

Chapter 8.     Airborne Bacterial Diseases

Chapter 9.     Foodborne and Waterborne Bacterial Diseases

Chapter 10.   Soilborne and Arthropodborne Diseases

Chapter 11.   Sexually Transmitted, Contact, and Miscellaneous Bacterial Diseases

Part 4:  Other Microorganisms

Chapter 12.   The Viruses and Virus-Like Agents

Chapter 13.   Pneumotropic and Dermotropic Viral Diseases

Chapter 14.   Viscerotropic and Neurotropic Viral Diseases

Chapter 15.   The Fungi

Chapter 16.   The Protozoa

Chapter 17.   The Multicellular Parasites

Part 5:  Disease and Resistance

Chapter 18.   Infection and Disease

Chapter 19.   Resistance and the Immune System

Chapter 20.   Immunity and Serology

Chapter 21.   Immune Disorders

Part 6:  Control of Microorganisms

Chapter 22.   Physical Control of Microorganisms

Chapter 23.   Chemical Control of Microorganisms

Chapter 24.   Chemotherapeutic Agents and Antibiotics

Part 7:  Microbiology and Public Health

Chapter 25.   Microbiology of Foods

Chapter 26.   Environmental Microbiology

Chapter 27.   Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology