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Brock Biology of Microorganisms, CourseSmart eTextbook, 11/E
ISBN-10: 0131873342
ISBN-13: 9780131873346
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
Copyright: 2006
Format: Electronic Book; 1088 pp
Published: 05/19/2005
Status: Instock
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UNIT I: Principles of Microbiology
Chapter 1 Microorganisms and Microbiology
Chapter 2 An Overview of Microbial Life
Chapter 3 Macromolecules
Chapter 4 Cell Structure/Function
Chapter 5 Nutrition, Laboratory Culture, and Metabolism of Microorganisms
Chapter 6 Microbial Growth
Chapter 7 Essentials of Molecular Biology
Chapter 8 Metabolic Regulation
Chapter 9 Essentials of Virology
Chapter 10 Bacterial Genetics
UNIT II: Evolutionary Microbiology and Microbial Diversity
Chapter 11 Microbial Evolution and Systematics
Chapter 12 Prokaryotic Diversity: The Bacteria
Chapter 13 Prokaryotic Diversity: The Archaea
Chapter 14 Eukaryotic Cell Biology and Eukaryotic Microorganisms
Chapter 15 Microbial Genomics
Chapter 16 Viral Diversity
UNIT III: Metabolic Diversity and Microbial Ecology
Chapter 17 Metabolic Diversity
Chapter 18 Methods of Microbial Ecology
Chapter 19 Microbial Ecology
UNIT IV: Immunology, Pathogenicity, and Host Responses
Chapter 20 Microbial Growth Control
Chapter 21 Microbial Interactions with Humans
Chapter 22 Essentials of Immunology
Chapter 23 Molecular Immunology
Chapter 24 Diagnostic Microbiology and Immunology
UNIT V: Microbial Diseases
Chapter 25 Epidemiology
Chapter 26 Person-to-Person Microbial Diseases
Chapter 27 Animal-Transmitted, Arthropod-Transmitted, and Soilborne Microbial Diseases
Chapter 28 Wastewater Treatment, Water Purification, and Waterborne Microbial Diseases
Chapter 29 Food Preservation and Foodborne Microbial Diseases
UNIT VI: Microorganisms as Tools for Industry and Research
Chapter 30 Industrial Microbiology
Chapter 31 Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
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