Microbiology. With diseases by taxonomy / Robert W. Bauman, Ph. D., Amarillo College ; contributions by Todd P. Primm, Ph. D., Sam Houston State University, Elizabeth Machunis-Masuoka, Ph. D., University of Virginia ; clinical consultants, Cecily D. Cosby,Ph. D., FNP-C, PA-C, Jean E. Montgomery, MSN, RN.

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1. A Brief History of Microbiology 2. The Chemistry of Microbiology 3. Cell Structure and Function 4. Microscopy, Staining and Classification 5. Microbial Metabolism 6. Microbial Nutrition and Growth 7. Microbial Genetics 8. Recombinant DNA Technology9. Controlling Microbial Growth in the Environment 10. Controlling Microbial Growth in the Body: Antimicrobial Drugs 11. Characterizing and Classifying Prokaryotes 12. Characterizing and Classifying Eukaryotes 13. Characterizing and Classifying Viruses, Viroids and Prions 14. Infection, Infectious Disease and Epidemiology 15. Innate Immunity 16. Adaptive Immunity 17. Immunization and Immune Testing18. Immune Disorders 19. Pathogenic Gram-Positive Bacteria 20. Pathogenic Gram-Negative Cocci and Bacilli 21. Rickettsias, Chlamydias, Spirochetes and Vibrios 22. Pathogenic Fungi 23. Parasitic Protozoa, Helminths and Arthropod Vectors 24. Pathogenic DNA Viruses 25. Pathogenic RNA Viruses 26. Applied and Environmental Microbiology.