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 Essentials of Molecular Biology

Chapter 8 Metabolic Regulation

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: The Bacteria

Chapter 13 Prokaryotic Diversity: The Archaea

Chapter 14 Eukaryotic Cell Biology and Eukaryotic Microorganisms

Chapter 15 Microbial Genomics

Chapter 16 Viral Diversity

UNIT III: Metabolic Diversity and Microbial Ecology

Chapter 17 Metabolic Diversity

Chapter 18 Methods of Microbial Ecology

Chapter 19 Microbial Ecology

UNIT IV: Immunology, Pathogenicity, and Host Responses

Chapter 20 Microbial Growth Control

Chapter 21 Microbial Interactions with Humans

Chapter 22 Essentials of Immunology

Chapter 23 Molecular Immunology

Chapter 24 Diagnostic Microbiology and Immunology

UNIT V: Microbial Diseases

Chapter 25 Epidemiology

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

Chapter 31 Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology