CHAPTER 1- The Main Themes of Microbiology
CHAPTER 2- The Chemistry of Biology
CHAPTER 3- Tools of the Laboratory: Methods of Studying Microorganisms
CHAPTER 4- A Survey of Prokaryotic Cells and Microorganisms
CHAPTER 5- A Survey of Eukaryotic Cells and Microorganisms
CHAPTER 6- An Introduction to Viruses, Viroids, and Prions
CHAPTER 7- Microbial Nutrition, Ecology, and Growth
CHAPTER 8- An Introduction to Microbial Metabolism: The Chemical Crossroads of Life
CHAPTER 9- An Introduction to Microbial Genetics
CHAPTER 10- Genetic Engineering and Genetic Analysis
CHAPTER 11- Physical and Chemical Agents for Microbial Control
CHAPTER 12- Drugs, Microbes, Host—The Elements of Chemotherapy
CHAPTER 13- Microbe–Human Interactions: Infection, Disease, and Epidemiology
CHAPTER 14- An Introduction to Host Defenses and Innate Immunities
CHAPTER 15- Adaptive, Specific Immunity, and Immunization
CHAPTER 16- Disorders in Immunity
CHAPTER 17- Procedures for Identifying Pathogens and Diagnosing Infections
CHAPTER 18- The Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Cocci of Medical Importance
CHAPTER 19- The Gram-Positive Bacilli of Medical Importance
CHAPTER 20- The Gram-Negative Bacilli of Medical Importance
CHAPTER 21- Miscellaneous Bacterial Agents of Disease
CHAPTER 22- The Fungi of Medical Importance
CHAPTER 23- The Parasites of Medical Importance
CHAPTER 24- Introduction to Viruses that Infect Humans: The DNA Viruses
CHAPTER 25- The RNA Viruses that Infect Humans
CHAPTER 26- Environmental Microbiology
CHAPTER 27 Applied and Industrial Microbiology