Basic microbiology / Wesley A. Volk.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : HarperCollins, c1992.Edition: 7th edDescription: xvi, 602 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:- 9780060468491
- 576 VOL
- QR41.2 .V64 1992
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Unit 1.Fundamentals of microbiology -- 1.Introduction to microorganisms -- 2.Laboratory equipment and procedures -- 4.Bacterial morphology -- 4.Properties of biological molecules -- 5.Bacterial nutrition -- 6.Bacterial metabolism -- 7.Bacterial genetics: gene function -- 8.Bacterial genetics: DNA transfer -- 9.Methods for the control of microorganisms -- 10.Surgical and medical asepsis -- 11.Antimicrobial agents in therapy -- 15.Eucaryotic microorganisms -- Unit II.Infection and host resistance -- 16.Infection and bacterial invasiveness -- 17.Nonspecific host resistance -- 18.Antigens and antiobodies -- 19.Measurement of antibodies and their role in immunity and hypersensitivity -- 20.Cellular immunity -- 21.Antisera and vaccines -- Unit III.Pathogenic microorganisms -- 22.Introduction to the pathogens -- 23.The normal flora of the human body -- 24.Bacterial and fungi that enter the body via the respiratory tract -- 25.Viruses that enter the body via the respiratory tract -- 26.pathogens that enter the body via the digestive tract -- 27.Pathogens that enter the body via the genitourinary tract -- 28.Pathogens that enter the body via the skin -- 29.Pathogens that enter the body via arthropod bits -- Unit IV.Microbiology in everyday life -- 31.Microbiology of food and milk -- 32.Agricultural and industrial microbiology.