(eBook PDF) Microbe 2nd Edition by Michele Swanson

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1555819125
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1555819125
• Author: Michele Swanson, Michele S Swanson, Gemma Reguera, Moselio Schaechter, Frederick C Neidhardt

This new edition of Microbe is an eloquent and highly readable introduction to microbiology that will engage and excite science majors and pre-health professionals. The authors, all prominent scientists, have carefully crafted this lively narrative to bring key microbiology concepts to life and promote a lifelong passion for the microbial sciences.

Table contents:

Part I Fundamentals of Microbial Life

1 A Microbial Planet

2 Prokaryotic Cell Exterior: Envelopes and Appendages

3 Prokaryotic Cell Interior

4 Microbial cell Growth and Division

5 Microbial Metabolism

6 Bioenergetics of Fueling

7 Synthesis of Building Blocks

8 Building Macromolecules

9 Building the Cell Envelope

10 Inheritance and Information Flow

11 Coordination of Cell Processes

12 Succeeding in the Environment

13 Differentiation and Development

 

Part II Microbial Diversity

14 Bacteria and Archaea

15 The Fungi

16 Protists

17 The Viruses

18 Viral Latency

Part III Microbial Ecology

19 Microbial Communities

20 Cycles of Elements

21 Microbial Interactions

 

Part IV Microbial Pat hogenesis

22 Infection: The Vertebrate Host

23 Opportunistic Infections by Microbiota: MRSA

24 Intracellular Pathogens: Listeria and Mycobacterium

25 Herpes: An Ancient Human Virus Prevails

26 Toxins and Epidemic Cholera: Phage Giveth, and Phage Taketh Away

27 Zoonoses: How Plague Emerged from a Foodborne Illness

 

Part V Putting Microbes to Work

28 A Past, a Present, and a Future with Microbes

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