Table of Contents

UNIT I: THE FOUNDATIONS OF MICROBIOLOGY 1. The Microbial World 2. Microbial Cell Structure and Function 3. Microbial Metabolism 4. Molecular Information Flow and Protein Processing UNIT II: MICROBIAL GROWTH AND REGULATION 5. Microbial Growth and Its Control 6. Microbial Regulatory Systems 7. Molecular Biology of Microbial Growth 8. Viruses and Their Replication UNIT III: GENOMICS AND GENETICS 9. Microbial Systems Biology 10. Viral Genomics 11. Genetics of Bacteria and Archaea 12. Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology UNIT IV: MICROBIAL EVOLUTION AND DIVERSITY 13. Microbial Evolution and Systematics 14. Metabolic Diversity of Microorganisms 15. Functional Diversity of Microorganisms 16. Diversity of Bacteria 17. Diversity of Archaea 18. Diversity of Microbial Eukarya UNIT V: MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 19. Taking the Measure of Microbial Systems 20. Microbial Ecosystems 21. Nutrient Cycles in Nature 22. Microbiology of the Built Environment 23. Microbial Symbioses with Microbes, Plants, and Animals UNIT VI: MICROBE-HUMAN INTERACTIONS AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM 24. Microbial Symbioses with Humans 25. Microbial Infection and Pathogenesis 26. Innate Immunity: Broadly Specific Host Defenses 27. Adaptive Immunity: Highly Specific Host Defenses 28. Clinical Microbiology and Immunology UNIT VII INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND THEIR TRANSMISSION 29. Epidemiology 30. Person-to-Person Bacterial and Viral Diseases 31. Vectorborne and Soilborne Bacterial and Viral Diseases 32. Foodborne and Waterborne Bacterial and Viral Diseases 33. Eukaryotic Pathogens: Fungi, Protozoa, and Helminths