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Part One Introduction to Microbiology 1. The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology 2. Microscopy and Specimen Preparation 3. Bacterial Cell Structure 4. Archaeal Cell Structure 5. Eukaryotic Cell Structure 6. Viruses and Other Acellular Infectious Agents Part Two Microbial Nutrition, Growth, and Control 7. Microbial Growth 8. Control of Microorganisms in the Environment 9. Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Part Three Microbial Metabolism 10. Introduction to Metabolism 11. Catabolism: Energy Release and Conservation 12. Anabolism: The Use of Energy in Biosynthesis Part Four Microbial Molecular Biology and Genetics 13. Bacterial Genome Replication and Expression 14. Regulation of Bacterial Cellular Processes 15. Eukaryotic and Archaeal Genome Replication and Expression 16. Mechanisms of Genetic Variation 17. Recombinant DNA Technology 18. Microbial Genomics Part Five The Diversity of the Microbial World 19. Microbial Taxonomy and the Evolution of Diversity 20. The Archaea 21. The Deinococci, Mollicutes, and Nonproteobacterial Gram-Negative Bacteria 22. The Proteobacteria 23. Firmicutes: The Low G * C Gram-Positive Bacteria 24. A ctinobacteria: The High G * C Gram-Positive Bacteria 25. The Protists 26. The Fungi (Eumycota) 27. The Viruses Part Six Ecology and Symbiosis 28. Biogeochemical Cycling and Global Climate Change 29. Methods in Microbial Ecology 30. Microorganisms in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31. Microorganisms in Terrestrial Ecosystems 32. Microbial Interactions Part Seven Pathogenicity and Host Response 33. Innate Host Resistance 34. Adaptive Immunity 35. Pathogenicity and Infection Part Eight Microbial Diseases, Detection, and Their Control 36. Clinical Microbiology and Immunology 37. Epidemiology and Public Health Microbiology 38. Human Diseases Caused by Viruses and Prions 39. Human Diseases Caused by Bacteria 40. Human Diseases Caused by Fungi and Protists Part Nine Applied Microbiology 41. Microbiology of Food 42. Biotechnology and Industrial Microbiology 43. Applied Environmental Microbiology