Alcamo's fundamentals of microbiology /
Pommerville, Jeffrey C.
Alcamo's fundamentals of microbiology / Fundamentals of microbiology Jeffrey C. Pommerville. - 9th ed. - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2011. - xxx, 805, [74] p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Microbiology then and now -- The chemical building blocks of life -- Concepts and tools for studying microorganisms -- Cell structure and function in the bacteria and archaea -- Microbial growth and nutrition -- Metabolism of microorganisms -- Control of microorganisms : physical and chemical methods -- Microbial genetics -- Gene transfer, genetic engineering, and genomics -- Airborne bacterial diseases -- Foodborne and waterborne bacterial diseases -- Soilborne and arthropodborne bacterial diseases -- Sexually transmitted and contact transmitted bacterial diseases -- The viruses and virus-like agents -- Viral infections of the respiratory tract and skin -- Viral infections of the blood, lymphatic, gastrointestinal, and nervous systems -- Eukaryotic microorganisms : the fungi -- Eukaryotic microorganisms : the parasites -- Infection and disease -- Resistance and the immune system : innate immunity -- Resistance and the immune system : acquired immunity -- Immunity and serology -- Immune disorders and AIDS -- Antimicrobial drugs.
9780763762582 (alk. paper) 076376258X (alk. paper)
Microbiology.
Medical microbiology.
Microbiology.
Alcamo's fundamentals of microbiology / Fundamentals of microbiology Jeffrey C. Pommerville. - 9th ed. - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2011. - xxx, 805, [74] p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Microbiology then and now -- The chemical building blocks of life -- Concepts and tools for studying microorganisms -- Cell structure and function in the bacteria and archaea -- Microbial growth and nutrition -- Metabolism of microorganisms -- Control of microorganisms : physical and chemical methods -- Microbial genetics -- Gene transfer, genetic engineering, and genomics -- Airborne bacterial diseases -- Foodborne and waterborne bacterial diseases -- Soilborne and arthropodborne bacterial diseases -- Sexually transmitted and contact transmitted bacterial diseases -- The viruses and virus-like agents -- Viral infections of the respiratory tract and skin -- Viral infections of the blood, lymphatic, gastrointestinal, and nervous systems -- Eukaryotic microorganisms : the fungi -- Eukaryotic microorganisms : the parasites -- Infection and disease -- Resistance and the immune system : innate immunity -- Resistance and the immune system : acquired immunity -- Immunity and serology -- Immune disorders and AIDS -- Antimicrobial drugs.
9780763762582 (alk. paper) 076376258X (alk. paper)
Microbiology.
Medical microbiology.
Microbiology.