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Key Topics: The Microbial World and You, Chemical Principles, Observing Microorganisms Through a Microscope, Functional Anatomy of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells, Microbial Metabolism, Microbial Growth, The Control of Microbial Growth, Microbial Genetics, Biotechnology and Recombinant DNA, Classification of Microorganisms, The Prokaryotes: Domains Bacteria and Archaea,
Viruses, Viroids, and Prions, Principles of Disease and Epidemiology, Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity, Innate Immunity: Nonspecific Defenses of the Host, Adaptive Immunity: Specific Defenses of the Host, Practical Applications of Immunology,
Disorders Associated with the Immune System, Antimicrobial Drugs, Microbial Diseases of the Skin and Eyes,
Microbial Diseases of the Nervous System, Microbial Diseases of the Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems, Microbial Diseases of the Respiratory System, Microbial Diseases of the Digestive System, Microbial Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Systems, Environmental Microbiology, Applied and Industrial Microbiology
Market Description: Intended for those interested in gaining a basic knowledge of microbiology
- ISBN10 0321802691
- ISBN13 9780321802699
- Publish Date 29 December 2011 (first published 5 January 2011)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 18 April 2013
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Pearson Education (US)
- Imprint Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company, Subs of Addison Wesley Longman, Inc
- Edition 11th edition
- Format eBook
- Pages 1
- Language English