Foundations in microbiology / [Book] : basic principles / Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess.

International student edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Main Themes of Microbiology -- The Chemistry of Biology -- Tools of the Laboratory: Methods of Studying Microorganisms -- A survey of Prokaryotic cells and Microorganisms -- A survey of Eucaryotic Cells and Microorganisms -- An Introduction to Viruses -- Microbial Nutrition, Ecology, and Growth -- An Introduction to Microbial Metabolism : the chemical crossroads of life -- Microbial Genetics -- Genetic Engineering: a revolution in molecular biology -- Physical and Chemical Agents for Microbial Control -- Drugs, Microbes, Host -- The Elements of Chemotherapy -- Microbe -- Human Interactions: infection and disease -- An Introduction to Host Defenses and innate immunities -- Adaptive, Specific Immunity and Immunizations -- Disorders in Immunity -- Procedures for identifying Pathogens and Diagnosing Infections -- The Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Cocci of Medical Importance -- The Gram-Positive Bacilli of Medical Importance -- The Gram-Negative Bacilli of Medical Importance -- Miscellaneous Bacterial Agents of Disease -- The Fungi of Medical Importance -- The Parasites of Medical Importance -- Introduction to Viruses That Infect Humans: The DNA Viruses -- The RNA Viruses That Infect Humans -- Environmental Microbiology -- Applied and Industrial Microbiology.

Written with the non-major/allied health student in mind, "Foundations in Microbiology" offers an engaging and accessible writing style through the use of tools such as case studies and analogies to thoroughly explain difficult microbiology concepts. A taxonomic approach is used for the study of pathogens.

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