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Prescott's microbiology.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill Higher Education ; London : McGraw-Hill [distributor], 2007.Edition: 7th ed. / Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood and Chris WoolvertonDescription: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.), col. maps, col. ports. 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780071102315 (pbk.) :
  • 9780071102315 (pbk.) :
Other title:
  • Microbiology
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 579 WIL
LOC classification:
  • QR41.2 P74 2007
Contents:
Part 1.Introduction to microbiology -- 1.The history and scope of microbiology -- 2.The study of microbial structure: microscopy and specimen preparation -- 3.Procaryotic cell structure and function -- 4.Eucaryotic cell structure and function -- Part II.Microbial nutritioin, growth, and control -- 5.Microbial nutrition -- 6.Microbial growth -- 7.Control of microorganisms by physical and chemical agents -- Part III.Microbial metabolism -- 8.Metabolism: energy, enzymes, and regulation -- 9.Metabolims: the nuse of energy in biosynthesis -- Part IV.Microbial molecular biology and genetics -- 11.Microbial genetics: gene structure, replication, and expression -- 12.Microbial genetics: regulation of gene expression -- 13.Microbial genetics: mechanisms of genetic variation -- Part V.DNA technology and genomics -- 14.Recombinant DNA technology -- 15.Microbial genomics -- Part VI.The viruses -- 16.The viruses: introduction and general characteristics -- 17.The viruses: viruses of Bacterial and Archaea -- 18.The viruses: eucaryotic viruses and other acellular infections agents -- Part VII.The diversity of the microbial world -- 19.Microbial evolution, taxonomy, and diversity -- 20.The archae -- 21.Bacteria: the deinocci and nonporteobacteria gram negatives -- 22.Bacteria: the proteobacteria -- 23.Bacteria: The low G+C gram positives -- 24.Bacteria: The high G+C gram positives -- 25.The protists -- 26.The funci (Eumycota) -- Part VIII.Ecology and symbiosis -- 27.Biogeochemical cycling and introductory microbial ecology -- 28.Microorganism in marine and freshwater environments -- 29.Microorganisms in terrestrial environments -- 30.Microbial interactions -- Part IX.Nonspecific (innate) resistance and the immune response -- 31.Nonspecific (adaptive) immunity -- Part X.Microbial diseases and their control -- 33.Pathogenicity of microorganisms -- 34.Antimicrobial chemotherapy -- 35.Clinical microbiology and immunology -- 36.The epidemiology of infectious disease -- 37.Human diseases caused by viruses and prions -- 38.Human diseases caused by bacteria -- 39.Human diseases caused by fungi and protists -- Part IX.Food and industrial microbiology -- 30.Microbiology of food -- 41.Applied and industrial microbiology.
Summary: This edition of 'Microbiology' provides a balanced, comprehensive introduction to all major areas of microbiology. The text is appropriate for students preparing for careers in medicine, dentistry, nursing and allied health, as well as research, teaching and industry.
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Previous ed.: published as Microbiology by Lansing M. Prescott, John P. Harley and Donald A. Klein. 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1.Introduction to microbiology -- 1.The history and scope of microbiology -- 2.The study of microbial structure: microscopy and specimen preparation -- 3.Procaryotic cell structure and function -- 4.Eucaryotic cell structure and function -- Part II.Microbial nutritioin, growth, and control -- 5.Microbial nutrition -- 6.Microbial growth -- 7.Control of microorganisms by physical and chemical agents -- Part III.Microbial metabolism -- 8.Metabolism: energy, enzymes, and regulation -- 9.Metabolims: the nuse of energy in biosynthesis -- Part IV.Microbial molecular biology and genetics -- 11.Microbial genetics: gene structure, replication, and expression -- 12.Microbial genetics: regulation of gene expression -- 13.Microbial genetics: mechanisms of genetic variation -- Part V.DNA technology and genomics -- 14.Recombinant DNA technology -- 15.Microbial genomics -- Part VI.The viruses -- 16.The viruses: introduction and general characteristics -- 17.The viruses: viruses of Bacterial and Archaea -- 18.The viruses: eucaryotic viruses and other acellular infections agents -- Part VII.The diversity of the microbial world -- 19.Microbial evolution, taxonomy, and diversity -- 20.The archae -- 21.Bacteria: the deinocci and nonporteobacteria gram negatives -- 22.Bacteria: the proteobacteria -- 23.Bacteria: The low G+C gram positives -- 24.Bacteria: The high G+C gram positives -- 25.The protists -- 26.The funci (Eumycota) -- Part VIII.Ecology and symbiosis -- 27.Biogeochemical cycling and introductory microbial ecology -- 28.Microorganism in marine and freshwater environments -- 29.Microorganisms in terrestrial environments -- 30.Microbial interactions -- Part IX.Nonspecific (innate) resistance and the immune response -- 31.Nonspecific (adaptive) immunity -- Part X.Microbial diseases and their control -- 33.Pathogenicity of microorganisms -- 34.Antimicrobial chemotherapy -- 35.Clinical microbiology and immunology -- 36.The epidemiology of infectious disease -- 37.Human diseases caused by viruses and prions -- 38.Human diseases caused by bacteria -- 39.Human diseases caused by fungi and protists -- Part IX.Food and industrial microbiology -- 30.Microbiology of food -- 41.Applied and industrial microbiology.

This edition of 'Microbiology' provides a balanced, comprehensive introduction to all major areas of microbiology. The text is appropriate for students preparing for careers in medicine, dentistry, nursing and allied health, as well as research, teaching and industry.

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