The brand new author team of Prescott, Harley and Klein's Microbiology continues the tradition of past editions by providing a balanced, comprehensive introduction to all major areas of microbiology. Because of this balance, the Seventh Edition of Microbiology is appropriate for microbiology majors and mixed majors courses. The new authors have focused on readability, artwork, and the integration of several key themes (including evolution, ecology and diversity) throughout the text, making an already superior text even better.

Table of Contents

Part I Introduction to Microbiology
1 The History and Scope of Microbiology
2 The Study of Microbial Structure: Microscopy and Specimen Preparation
3 Procaryotic Cell Structure and Function
4 Eucaryotic Cell Structure and Function

Part II Microbial Nutrition, Growth, and Control
5 Microbial Nutrition
6 Microbial Growth
7 Control of Microorganisms by Physical and Chemical Agents

Part III Microbial Metabolism
8 Metabolism: Energy, Enzymes, and Regulation
9 Metabolism: Energy Release and Conservation
10 Metabolism: The Use of Energy in Biosynthesis

Part IV Microbial Molecular Biology and Genetics
11 Microbial Genetics: Gene Structure, Replication, and Expression
12 Microbial Genetics of Gene Expression
13 Microbial Genetics: Mechanisms of Genetic Variation

Part V DNA Technology and Genomics
14 Recombinant DNA Technology
15 Microbial Genomics

Part VI The Viruses
16 The Viruses: Introduction and General Characteristics
17 The Viruses: Viruses of Bacteria and Archaea
18 The Viruses: Eucaryotic Viruses and Other Acellular Infectious Agents

Part VII The Diversity of the Microbial World
19 Microbial Evolution, Taxonomy, and Diversity
20 The Archaea
21 Bacteria: The Deinococci and Nonproteobacteria Gram Negatives
22 Bacteria: The Proteobacteria
23 Bacteria: The Low G + C Gram Positives
24 Bacteria: The High G + C Gram Positives
25 The Protists
26 The Fungi (Eumycota)

Part VIII Ecology and Symbiosis
27 Biogeochemical Cycling and Introductory Microbial Ecology
28 Microorganism in Marine and Freshwater Environments
29 Microorganisms in Terrestrial Environments

Part IX Nonspecific (Innate) Resistance and the Immune Response
30 Microbial Interactions
31 Nonspecific (Innate) Host Resistance
32 Specific (Adaptive) Immunity
33 Pathogenecity of Microorganisms

Part X Microbial Diseases and Their Control
34 Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
35 Clinical Microbiology
36 The Epidemiology of Infectious Disease
37 Human Diseases Caused by Viruses
38 Human Diseases Caused by Bacteria
39 Human Diseases Caused by Fungi and Protists

Part XI Food and Industrial Microbiology
40 Microbiology of Food
41 Applied and Industrial Microbiology
Appendix I A Review of the Chemistry of Biological Molecules
Appendix II Common Metabolic Pathways