Table of Contents

• UNIT I: THE FOUNDATIONS OF MICROBIOLOGY
• 1. The Microbial World
• 2. Microbial Cell Structure and Function   
• 3. Microbial Metabolism 
• 4. Molecular Information Flow and Protein Processing
• UNIT II: MICROBIAL GROWTH AND REGULATION
• 5. Microbial Growth and Its Control
• 6. Microbial Regulatory Systems  
• 7. Molecular Biology of Microbial Growth
• 8. Viruses and Their Replication
• UNIT III: GENOMICS AND GENETICS 
• 9. Microbial Systems Biology
• 10. Viral Genomics 
• 11. Genetics of Bacteria and Archaea
• 12. Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology
•  UNIT IV: MICROBIAL EVOLUTION AND DIVERSITY 
• 13. Microbial Evolution and Systematics
• 14. Metabolic Diversity of Microorganisms
• 15. Functional Diversity of Microorganisms
• 16. Diversity of Bacteria
• 17. Diversity of Archaea
• 18. Diversity of Microbial Eukarya
• UNIT V: MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 
• 19. Taking the Measure of Microbial Systems
• 20. Microbial Ecosystems   
• 21. Nutrient Cycles in Nature
• 22. Microbiology of the Built Environment
• 23. Microbial Symbioses with Microbes, Plants, and Animals
• UNIT VI: MICROBE-HUMAN INTERACTIONS AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
• 24. Microbial Symbioses with Humans
• 25. Microbial Infection and Pathogenesis
• 26. Innate Immunity: Broadly Specific Host Defenses 
• 27. Adaptive Immunity: Highly Specific Host Defenses
• 28. Clinical Microbiology and Immunology
• UNIT VII INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND THEIR TRANSMISSION
• 29. Epidemiology 
• 30. Person-to-Person Bacterial and Viral Diseases
• 31. Vectorborne and Soilborne Bacterial and Viral Diseases  
• 32. Foodborne and Waterborne Bacterial and Viral Diseases
• 33. Eukaryotic Pathogens: Fungi, Protozoa, and Helminths