Part One Introduction to Microbiology Chapter: 1. The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology Chapter: 2. Microscopy and Specimen Preparation 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. Microbial 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. Recombinant DNA Technology Chapter: 18. Microbial Genomics Part Five The Diversity of the Microbial World Chapter: 19. Microbial Taxonomy and the Evolution of Diversity Chapter: 20. The Archaea Chapter: 21. The Deinococci, Mollicutes, and Nonproteobacterial Gram-Negative Bacteria Chapter: 22. The Proteobacteria Chapter: 23. Firmicutes: The Low G C Gram-Positive Bacteria Chapter: 24.
A ctinobacteria: The High G C Gram-Positive Bacteria Chapter: 25. The Protists Chapter: 26. The Fungi (Eumycota) Chapter: 27. The Viruses Part Six Ecology and Symbiosis 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 Chapter: 32.
Microbial Interactions Part Seven Pathogenicity and Host Response Chapter: 33. Innate Host Resistance Chapter: 34. Adaptive Immunity Chapter: 35. Pathogenicity and Infection Part Eight Microbial Diseases, Detection, and Their Control Chapter: 36. Clinical Microbiology and Immunology Chapter: 37. Epidemiology and Public Health Microbiology 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.