Basic microbiology / Wesley A. Volk, Jay C. Brown.
Material type: TextPublication details: Menlo Park, Calif. ; Harlow : Benjamin Cummings, 1996.Edition: 8th edDescription: xvii, 798p. : ill. (some col.), map, ports. ; 29 cmISBN:- 9780673995605 (hbk.) :
- 0673995607
- 576 VOL
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ch. 1. Introduction to microorganisms -- ch. 2 Laboratory equipment and procedures -- ch. 3 Bacterial morphology -- ch. 4 Properties of biological molecules -- ch. 5 Bacterial nutrition -- ch. 6 Bacterial metabolism -- ch. 7 Microbial genetics: gene function -- ch. 8 Bacterial genetics: DNA transfer -- ch. 9 Recombinant DNA and genetic engineering -- ch. 10 Control of microbial growth: disinfection and sterilization -- ch. 11 Surgical and medical asepsis -- ch. 12 Antimicrobial agents in therapy -- ch. 13 Classifications schemes for common procaryotes -- ch. 14 Unusual procaryotic cells -- ch. 15 Viruses -- ch. 16 Eurcaryotic microorganisms -- ch. 17 Infection and bacterial invasiveness -- ch. 18 Nonspecific host resistance -- ch. 19 Antigens and antibodies -- ch. 20 Measurement of antibodies and their role in immunity -- ch. 21 Cell-mediated immunity -- ch. 22 Hypersensitivities and transplantation -- ch. 23 Antisera and vaccines -- ch. 24 Relationships of humans and microbes -- ch. 25 Introduction to the pathogens -- ch. 26 Bacteria and fungi that enter the body via the respiratory tract -- ch. 27 Viruses that enter the body via the respiratory tract -- ch. 28 Pathogens that enter the body via the digestive tract -- ch. 29 Pathogens that enter the body via the genitourinary tract -- ch. 30 pathogens that enter the body via the skin or by animal bites -- ch. 31 Pathogens that enter the body via arthropod bites -- ch. 32 Microbiology of water and sewage -- ch. 33 Microbiology of food and milk -- ch. 34 Agricultural and industrial microbiology
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