Basic microbiology / Wesley A. Volk, Jay C. Brown.

Menlo Park, Calif. : Benjamin Cummings, [1997], ©1997.

xvii, 798 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

8th ed.

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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