ISE Prescott's Microbiology / Joanne Willey, Kathleen Sandman, Dorothy Wood

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One Introduction to Microbiology
Chapter: 1. The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology
Chapter: 2. Microscopy
Chapter: 3. Bacterial Cell Structure
Chapter: 4. Archaeal Cell Structure
Chapter: 5. Eukaryotic Cell Structure
Chapter: 6. Viruses and Other Acellular Infectious Agents
Part Two Microbial Nutrition, Growth, and Control
Chapter: 7. Bacterial and Archaeal Growth
Chapter: 8. Control of Microorganisms in the Environment
Chapter: 9. Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Part Three Microbial Metabolism
Chapter: 10. Introduction to Metabolism
Chapter: 11. Catabolism: Energy Release and Conservation
Chapter: 12. Anabolism: The Use of Energy in Biosynthesis
Part Four Microbial Molecular Biology and Genetics
Chapter: 13. Bacterial Genome Replication and Expression
Chapter: 14. Regulation of Bacterial Cellular Processes
Chapter: 15. Eukaryotic and Archaeal Genome Replication and Expression
Chapter: 16. Mechanisms of Genetic Variation
Chapter: 17. Microbial DNA Technologies
Chapter: 18. Microbial Genomics
Part Five The Diversity of the Microbial World
Chapter: 19. Microbial Taxonomy and the Evolution of Diversity
Chapter: 20. Archaea
Chapter: 21. Nonproteobacterial Gram-Negative Bacteria
Chapter: 22. Proteobacteria
Chapter: 23. Gram-Positive Bacteria
Chapter: 24. Protists
Chapter: 25. Fungi
Chapter: 26. Viruses
Part Six Ecology and Symbiosis
Chapter: 27. Microbial Interactions
Chapter: 28. Biogeochemical Cycling and Global Climate Change
Chapter: 29. Methods in Microbial Ecology
Chapter: 30. Microorganisms in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Chapter: 31. Microorganisms in Terrestrial Ecosystems
Part Seven Pathogenicity and Host Response
Chapter: 32. Innate Host Resistance
Chapter: 33. Adaptive Immunity
Chapter: 34. The Microbe-Human Ecosystem
Chapter: 35. Infection and Pathogenicity
Part Eight Microbial Diseases, Detection, and Their Control
Chapter: 36. Epidemiology and Public Health Microbiology
Chapter: 37. Clinical Microbiology and Immunology
Chapter: 38. Human Diseases Caused by Viruses and Prions
Chapter: 39. Human Diseases Caused by Bacteria
Chapter: 40. Human Diseases Caused by Fungi and Protists
Part Nine Applied Microbiology
Chapter: 41. Microbiology of Food
Chapter: 42. Biotechnology and Industrial Microbiology
Chapter: 43. Applied Environmental Microbiology

The author team of Prescott's Microbiology continues the tradition of past editions by providing a balanced, comprehensive introduction to all major areas of microbiology. This balance makes Microbiology appropriate for microbiology majors and mixed majors courses. The authors have introduced a number of pedagogical elements designed to facilitate student learning. They also remain focused on readability, artwork, and the integration of several key themes (including evolution, ecology and diversity) throughout the text, making an already superior text even better.