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Microbial life /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Perry, Jerome J.
Other Authors: Lory, Stephen, Staley, James T.
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer, c2002.
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy041/2002070495.html
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: The Scope of Microbiology
  • 1 Evolution, Microbial Life, and the Biosphere 3
  • 2 Historical Overview 27
  • 3 Fundamental Chemistry of the Cell 45
  • 4 Structure and Function of Bacteria and Archaea 61 Microbial Physiology:
  • Nutrition and Growth
  • 5 Isolation, Nutrition, and Cultivation of Microorganisms 103
  • 6 Microbial Growth 127
  • 7 Control of Microbial Growth 147 Microbial Physiology:
  • Metabolism
  • 8 Cellular Energy Derived from Chemicals 165
  • 9 CellularEnergy Derived from Light 185
  • 10 Biosynthesis of Monomers 201
  • 11 Assembly of Bacterial Cell Structures 225
  • 12 Role of Microbes in Biodegradation 237 Genetics and Basic Virology
  • 13 Basic Genetics 253
  • 14 Viruses 283
  • 15 Genetic Exchange 311
  • 16 Microbial Genomics 331
  • Microbial Evolution and Diversity
  • 17 Taxonomy of Bacteria and Archaea 359
  • 18 Archaea 385
  • 19 Nonphotosynthetic Proteobacteria 409
  • 20 Gram-Positive Bacteria: Firmicutes and Actinobacteria 453
  • 21 Phototrophic Bacteria 483
  • 22 Other BacterialPhyla 509
  • 23 Eukaryotic Microorganisms 525 Microbial Ecology
  • 24 Microorganisms and Ecosystems 561
  • 25 Beneficial SymbioticAssociations 597
  • 26 Human Host-Microbe Interaction 619
  • Immunology and
  • Medical Microbiology
  • 27 Immunology 639
  • 28 Microbial Diseases of Humans 677
  • 29 Viral Diseases of Humans 709
  • 30 Epidemiology and Clinical Microbiology 731 Applied Microbiology
  • 31 Industrial Microbiology 763
  • 32 Environmental Microbiology 793.