General Microbiology

Included Index

The Beginnings of Microbiology - The Methods of Microbiology - The Nature of the Microbial World - Microbial Metabolism: Fuelling Reactions - Microbial Metabolism: Biosyntheses, Polymerization, Assembly - The Relation between Structure and Function in Procaryotic Cells - Microbial Growth - Effect of Environment on Microbial Growth - The Viruses - Microbial Genetics: Gene Function and Mutation - Microbial Genetics: Genetic Exchange and Recombination - Regulation - The Classification and Phylogeny of Bacteria - The Archaebacteria - The Photosynthetic Eubacteria - The Chemoautotrophic and Methophilic Bacteria - Gram-Negative Aerobic Eubacteria - The Gliding Eubacteria - The Enteric Group and Related Eubacteria - Gram-Negative Anaerobic Eubacteria - Gram-Negative Eubacteria: Spirochetes, Rickettsias and Chlamydias - Gram-Positive Eubacteria: Unicellular Endospore Formers - Gram-Positive Fermentative Eubacteria - Gram-Positive Eubacteria: The Actinomycetes - The Mollicutes - The Protists - Microorganisms as Geochemical Agents - Symbiosis - Non Specific Host Defence - The Immune System - Microbial Pathenogenesis - Human Pathogens - The Exploitation of Microorganisms by Humans

The fifth edition of this text continues to present microbiology within the framework of general biology. Brief chapters on history and methods are followed by treatment of structure, metabolism, growth, environmental factors and microbial genetics.