Microbiology: An Introdudction: 10th Edn.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gerard J Tortora
Format: Printed Book
Published: San Francisco, CA Pearson Benjamin Cummings 2010
Edition:10th ed
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Fundamentals of microbiology
  • 1. The microbial world and you
  • Microbes in our lives
  • Naming and classifying microorganisms
  • Brief history of microbiology
  • Debate over spontaneous generation
  • Modern chemotherapy
  • Microbes and human welfare
  • Recycling vital elements
  • Sewage treatment : using microbes to recycle water
  • Bioremediation : clean up pollutants
  • Insect pest control by microorganisms
  • Modern biotechnology and recombinant DNA technology
  • Microbes and human disease
  • Normal microbiota
  • Biofilms
  • Infectious diseases
  • 2. Chemical principles
  • Structure of atoms
  • How atoms form molecules : chemical bonds
  • Chemical reactions
  • Important biological molecules
  • Inorganic compounds
  • Water
  • Acids, bases, and salts
  • Acid-base balance : the concept of pH
  • Organic compounds
  • Carbohydrates
  • Lipids
  • Proteins
  • Nucleic acids
  • Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)
  • 3. Observing microorganisms through a microscope
  • Units of measurement
  • Microscopy : the instruments
  • Light microscopy
  • Two-photon microscopy
  • Scanning acoustic microscopy
  • Electron microscopy
  • Scanned-probe microscopy
  • Preparation of specimens for light microscopy
  • Stains
  • 4. Functional anatomy of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
  • Comparing prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
  • The prokaryotic cell
  • The size, shape, and arrangement of bacterial cells
  • Structures external to the cell wall
  • The cell wall
  • Cell walls and the gram stain mechanism
  • Structures internal to the cell wall
  • The plasma (cytoplasmic) membrane
  • Cytoplasm
  • The nucleoid
  • Ribosomes
  • Inclusions
  • Endospores
  • Eukaryotic cell
  • Flagella and cilia
  • The cell wall and glycocalyx
  • The plasma (cytoplasmic) membrane
  • Cytoplasm
  • Ribosomes
  • Organelles
  • The evolution of eukaryotes
  • 5. Microbial metabolism
  • Catabolic and anabolic reactions
  • Enzymes
  • Energy production
  • Carbohydrate metabolism
  • Lipid and protein catabolism
  • Biochemical test and bacterial identification
  • Photosynthesis
  • Photophosphorylation
  • Calvin-Benson cycle
  • Summary of energy production mechanisms
  • Metabolic diversity among organisms
  • Metabolic pathways of energy use
  • Biosynthesis
  • Integration of metabolism
  • 6. Microbial growth
  • Requirements for growth
  • Culture media
  • Anaerobic growth media and methods
  • Obtaining pure cultures
  • Preserving bacterial cultures
  • The growth of bacterial cultures
  • 7. The control of microbial growth
  • The terminology of microbial control
  • The rate of microbial death
  • Actions of microbial control agents
  • Physical methods of microbial control
  • Chemical methods of microbial control
  • Microbial characteristics and microbial control
  • 8. Microbial genetics
  • Structure and function of the genetic material
  • Genotype and phenotype
  • DNA and chromosomes
  • DNA replication
  • RNA and protein synthesis
  • The regulation of bacterial gene expression
  • Mutation : change in the genetic material
  • Genetic transfer and recombination
  • Genes and evolution
  • 9. Recombinant DNA and biotechnology
  • Introduction to biotechnology
  • Tools of biotechnology
  • Techniques of genetic modification
  • Applications of rDNA
  • Safety issues and the ethics of using rDNA. pt. II. A survey of the microbial world
  • 10. Classification of microorganism
  • The study of phylogenetic relationships
  • Classification of organisms
  • Scientific nomenclature
  • Taxonomic hierarchy
  • Prokaryotes
  • Eukaryotes
  • Viruses
  • Methods of classifying and identifying microorganisms
  • Morphological characteristics
  • Differential staining
  • Biochemical tests
  • Serology
  • Phage typing
  • Fatty acid profiles
  • Flow cytometry
  • DNA base composition
  • DNA fingerprinting
  • The polymerase chain reaction
  • Nucleic acid hybridization
  • 11. The prokaryotes : domains bacteria and archaea
  • The prokaryotic groups
  • Domain bacteria
  • The proteobacteria
  • The nonproteobacteria gram-negative bacteria
  • The gram-positive bacteria
  • Planctomycetes-- Chlamydiae
  • Spirochaetes
  • Bacteriodetes
  • Fusobacteria
  • Domain archaea
  • Microbial diversity
  • 12. Fungi, algae, protozoa, and multicellular parasites
  • Fungi
  • Fungal diseases
  • Lichens
  • Algae
  • Roles of algae in nature
  • Protozoa
  • Slime molds
  • Helminths
  • Nematodes
  • Arthropods as vectors
  • 13. Viruses
  • General characteristics of viruses
  • Viral structure
  • Taxonomy of viruses
  • Isolation, cultivation, and identification of viruses
  • Viral multiplication
  • Viruses and cancer
  • DNA oncogenic viruses
  • RNA oncogenic viruses
  • Latent viral infections
  • Persistent viral infections
  • Prions
  • Plant viruses and viroids. pt. III. Interaction between microbe and host
  • 14. Principles of disease and epidemiology
  • Pathology, infection, and disease
  • Normal microbiota
  • The etiology of infectious diseases
  • Classifying infectious diseases
  • Patterns of disease
  • The spread of infection
  • Nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections
  • Emerging infectious diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • 15. Microbial mechanisms of pathogenicity
  • How microorganisms enter a host
  • How bacterial pathogens penetrate host defenses
  • How bacterial pathogens damage host cells
  • Pathogenic properties of viruses
  • Pathogenic properties of fungi, protozoa, helminths, and algae
  • Portals of exit
  • 16. Innate immunity : nonspecific defenses of the host
  • The concept of immunity
  • First line of defense : skin and mucous membranes
  • Normal microbiota and innate immunity
  • Second line of defense
  • Formed elements in blood
  • The lymphatic system
  • Phagocytes
  • Inflammation
  • Fever
  • Antimicrobial substances
  • 17. Adaptive immunity : specific defenses of the host
  • The adaptive immune system
  • dual nature of the adaptive immune system
  • Antigens and antibodies
  • B cells and humoral immunity
  • Antigen-antibody binding and its results
  • T cells and cellular immunity
  • Antigen-presenting cells (APCs)
  • Extracellular killing by the immune system
  • Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity
  • Cytokines : chemical messengers of immune cells
  • Immunological memory
  • Types of adaptive immunity
  • 18. Practical applications of immunology
  • Vaccines
  • Diagnostic immunology
  • 19. Disorders associated with the immune system
  • Hypersensitivity
  • Autoimmune diseases
  • Reactions related to the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) complex
  • Reactions to transplantation
  • Immunosuppression
  • The immune system and cancer
  • Immunodeficiencies
  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
  • 20. Antimicrobial drugs
  • The history of chemotherapy
  • The spectrum of antimicrobial activity
  • The action of antimicrobial drugs
  • Survey of commonly used antimicrobial drugs
  • Tests to guide chemotherapy
  • Resistance to antimicrobial drugs
  • Antibiotic safety
  • Effects of combinations of drugs
  • The future of chemotherapeutic agents
  • Antimicrobial peptides
  • Antisense agents. pt. IV. Microorganisms and human disease
  • 21. Microbial diseases of the skin and eyes
  • Structure and function of the skin
  • Normal microbiota of the skin
  • Microbial diseases of the skin
  • Microbial diseases of the eye
  • Conjunctivitis
  • 22. Microbial diseases of the nervous system
  • Structure and function of the nervous system
  • Bacterial disease of the nervous system
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Tetanus
  • Botulism
  • Leprosy
  • Viral disease of the nervous system
  • Poliomyelitis
  • Rabies
  • Arboviral encephalitis
  • Fungal disease of the nervous system
  • Cryptococcosis
  • Protozoan diseases of the nervous system
  • African trypanosomiasis
  • Amebic meningoencephalitis
  • Nervous system diseases caused by prions
  • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
  • Disease caused by unidentified agents
  • Chronic fatigue syndrome
  • 23.
  • Microbial diseases of the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems
  • Structure and function of the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems
  • Bacterial diseases of the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems
  • Sepsis and septic shock
  • Bacterial infections of the heart
  • Rheumatic fever
  • Tularemia
  • Brucellosis (undulant fever)
  • Anthrax
  • Gangrene
  • Systemic disease caused by bites and scratches
  • Vector-transmitted diseases
  • Viral diseases of the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems
  • Burkitt's lymphoma
  • Infectious mononucleosis
  • Epstein-Barr virus
  • Cytomegalovirus infections
  • Chikungunya fever
  • Viral hemorrhagic fevers
  • Protozoan diseases of the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems
  • Chagas' disease (American trypanosomiasis)
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Malaria
  • Leishmaniasis
  • Babesiosis
  • Helminthic diseases of the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems
  • Schistosomiasis
  • Swimmer's itch
  • 24. Microbial diseases of the respiratory system
  • Structure and function of the respiratory system
  • Normal microbiota of the respiratory system
  • Microbial diseases of the upper respiratory system
  • Bacterial diseases of the upper respiratory system
  • Strep throat
  • Scarlet fever
  • Diphtheria
  • Otitis media
  • Viral diseases of the upper respiratory system
  • The common cold
  • Microbial diseases of the lower respiratory system
  • Pertussis (whooping cough)
  • Tuberculosis
  • Bacterial pneumonias
  • Meliodosis
  • Viral diseases of the lower respiratory system
  • Viral pneumonia
  • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
  • Flu
  • Fungal diseases of the lower respiratory system
  • Histoplasmosis
  • Coccidiomycosis
  • Pneumocystis pneumonia
  • Blastomycosis
  • 25. Microbial diseases of the digestive system
  • Structure and function of the digestive system
  • Normal microbiota of the digestive system
  • Bacterial diseases of the mouth
  • Caries
  • Periodontal disease
  • Bacterial diseases of the lower digestive system
  • Food poisoning (enterotoxicosis)
  • Bacillary dysentery
  • Salmonella gastroenteritis
  • Typhoid fever
  • Cholera
  • Gastroenteritis
  • Helicobacter peptic ulcer disease
  • Viral diseases of the digestive system
  • Mumps
  • Hepatitis
  • Viral gastroenteritis
  • Fungal diseases of the digestive system
  • Ergot poisoning
  • Aflatoxin poisoning
  • Protozoan diseases of the digestive system
  • giardiasis
  • Cryptosporidiosis
  • Diarrheal infection
  • Amoebic dysentery
  • Helminthic diseases of the digestive system
  • Tapeworms
  • Hydatid disease
  • Nematodes
  • 26. Microbial diseases of the urinary and reproductive systems
  • Structure and function of the urinary system
  • Structure and function of the reproductive systems
  • Normal microbiota of the urinary and reproductive systems
  • Bacterial diseases of the urinary system
  • Cystitis
  • Pyelonephritis
  • Leptospirosis
  • Bacterial diseases of the reproductive systems
  • Gonorrhea
  • Nongonococcal urethritis (NGU)
  • Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
  • Syphilis
  • Lymphogranuloma venereum
  • Chancroid
  • Bacterial vaginosis
  • Viral diseases of the reproductive system
  • Genital herpes
  • Genital warts
  • AIDS
  • Fungal disease of the reproductive system
  • Candidiasis
  • Protozoan disease of the reproductive systems
  • Trichomoniasis
  • The TORCH panel of tests. pt. V. Environmental and applied microbiology
  • 27. Environmental microbiology
  • Microbial diversity and habitats
  • Symbiosis
  • Soil microbiology and biogeochemical cycles
  • Carbon cycle
  • Nitrogen cycle
  • Sulfur cycle
  • Life without sunshine
  • Phosphorus cycle
  • Degradation of synthetic chemicals in soils and water
  • Aquatic microbiology and sewage treatment
  • Aquatic microorganisms
  • Role of microorganisms in water quality
  • Water treatment
  • Sewage (wastewater) treatment
  • 28. Applied and industrial microbiology
  • Food microbiology
  • Foods and disease
  • Industrial food canning
  • Aseptic packaging
  • Radiation and industrial food preservation
  • High-pressure food preservation
  • Role of microorganisms in food production
  • Industrial microbiology
  • Fermentation technology
  • Industrial products
  • Alternative energy sources using microorganisms
  • Biofuels
  • Industrial microbiology and the future
  • Appendix A. Metabolic pathways
  • Appendix B. Exponents, exponential notation, logarithms, and generation time
  • Appendix C. Methods for taking clinical samples
  • Appendix D. Pronunciation of scientific names
  • Appendix E. Word roots used in microbiology
  • Appendix F. Classification of bacteria according to Bergey's Manual
  • Glossary.

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