Unit Ⅰ PRINCIPLES OF MICROBIOLOGY
Chapter 1 Microorganisms and Microbiology
Chapter 2 An Overview of Microbial Life
Chapter 3 Macromolecules
Chapter 4 Cell Structure/Function
Chapter 5 Nutrition, Laboratory Culture, and Metabolism of Microorganisms
Chapter 6 Microbial Growth
Chapter 7 Principles of Microbial Molecular Biology
Chapter 8 Regulation of Gene Expression
Chapter 9 Essentials of Virology
Chapter 10 Bacterial Genetics
Unit Ⅱ EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY AND MICROBIAL DIVERSITY
Chapter 11 Microbial Evolution and Systematics
Chapter 12 Prokaryotic Diversity: Bacteria
Chapter 13 Prokaryotic Diversity: The Archaea
Chapter 14 Eukaryotic Cell Biology and Eukaryotic Microorganisms
Chapter 15 Microbial Genomics
Chapter 16 Bacterial, Plant, and Animal Viruses
Unit Ⅲ METABOLIC DIVERSITY AND MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
Chapter 17 Metabolic Diversity
Chapter 18 Methods in Microbial Ecology
Chapter 19 Microbial Habitats, Nutrient Cycles, and Interactions with Plants and Animals
Unit Ⅳ IMMUNOLOGY, PATHOGENICITY, AND HOST RESPONSES
Chapter 20 Microbial Growth Control
Chapter 21 Human-Microbe Interactions
Chapter 22 Essentials of Immunology
Chapter 23 Molecular Immunology
Chapter 24 Clinical Microbiology and Immunology
Unit Ⅴ MICROBIAL DISEASES
Chapter 25 Epidemio]ogy
Chapter 26 Person-to-Person Microbial Diseases
Chapter 27 Animal-Transmitted, Arthropod-Transmitted. and Soilborne Microbial Diseases
Chapter 28 Wastewater Treatment, Water Purification, and Waterborne Microbial Diseases
Chapter 29 Food Preservation and Foodborne Microbial Diseases
Unit Ⅵ MICROORGANISMS AS TOOLS FOR INDUSTRY AND RESEARCH
Chapter 30 Industrial Microbiology/Biocatalysis
Chapter 31 Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology