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Willey, Joanne M.

Prescott's microbiology / Willey, Joanne M., Sandman, Kathleen M., and Wood, Dorothy H. - 12th ed. - New York, NY : McGraw Hill LLC, 2023. - xxiii, 911, A18, G29, I40 pages : col. illus., col. maps ; 28 cm.

Includes appendices, glossary, and index.

Part One Introduction to Microbiology -- Chapter: 1. The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology -- Chapter: 2. Microscopy -- Chapter: 3. Bacterial Cell Structure -- Chapter: 4. Archaeal Cell Structure -- Chapter: 5. Eukaryotic Cell Structure -- Chapter: 6. Viruses and Other Acellular Infectious Agents -- Part Two Microbial Nutrition, Growth, and Control -- Chapter: 7. Bacterial and Archaeal Growth -- Chapter: 8. Control of Microorganisms in the Environment -- Chapter: 9. Antimicrobial Chemotherapy -- Part Three Microbial Metabolism -- Chapter: 10. Introduction to Metabolism -- Chapter: 11. Catabolism: Energy Release and Conservation -- Chapter: 12. Anabolism: The Use of Energy in Biosynthesis -- Part Four Microbial Molecular Biology and Genetics -- Chapter: 13. Bacterial Genome Replication and Expression -- Chapter: 14. Regulation of Cellular Processes -- Chapter: 15. Eukaryotic and Archaeal Genome Replication and Expression -- Chapter: 16. Mechanisms of Genetic Variation -- Chapter: 17. Microbial DNA Technologies -- Chapter: 18. Microbial Genomics -- Part Five The Diversity of the Microbial World -- Chapter: 19. Archaea -- Chapter: 20. Nonproteobacterial Gram-Negative Bacteria -- Chapter: 21. Proteobacteria -- Chapter: 22. Gram-Positive Bacteria -- Chapter: 23. Protists -- Chapter: 24. Fungi -- Chapter: 25. Viruses -- Part Six Ecology and Symbiosis -- Chapter: 26. Exploring Microbes in Ecosystems -- Chapter: 27. Microbial Interactions -- Chapter: 28. Biogeochemical Cycling and Global Climate Change -- Chapter: 29. Microorganisms in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems -- Chapter: 30. Microorganisms in Terrestrial Ecosystems -- Part Seven Pathogenicity and Host Response -- Chapter: 31. Innate Host Resistance -- Chapter: 32. Adaptive Immunity -- Chapter: 33. The Microbe-Human Ecosystem -- Chapter: 34. Infection and Pathogenicity Part Eight Microbial Diseases, Detection, and Their Control -- Chapter: 35. Epidemiology and Public Health Microbiology -- Chapter: 36. Clinical Microbiology and Immunology -- Chapter: 37. Human Diseases Caused by Viruses and Prions -- Chapter: 38. Human Diseases Caused by Bacteria -- Chapter: 39. Human Diseases Caused by Fungi and Protists -- Part Nine Applied Microbiology -- Chapter: 40. Microbiology of Food -- Chapter: 41. Biotechnology and Industrial Microbiology -- Chapter: 42. Applied Environmental Microbiology -- Appendix 1 A Review of the Chemistry of Biological Molecules -- Appendix 2 Common Metabolic Pathways -- Appendix 3 Microorganism Pronunciation Guide

"Prescott's Microbiology continues to provide a modern approach to microbiology using evolution as a framework. This new 12th edition integrates impactful new changes to include a fresh new design to engage students and important content updates including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 which are prominently featured, taxonomic schemes that have been extensively revised, recent epidemiological data, and mRNA vaccines which just scrapes the surface of this new edition." -- Provided by publisher.

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Microbiology.

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