Microbiology: principles and explorations

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"Microbiology: Principles and Explorations has been a best-selling textbook for several editions due to the author's engaging writing style where her passion for the subject shines through the narrative. The text's student-friendly approach provides readers with an excellent introduction to the study of Microbiology. This text is appropriate for non-major and mixed major microbiology courses, as well as allied health, agriculture and food sciences courses"--Résumé de l'éditeur.

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Full title :Microbiology : principles and explorations / Jacquelyn G. Black, Marymount University, Arlington, Virginia, Laura J. Black.

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Publication Date:2015
Edition:9th edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wiley
Place of Publication:Hoboken, NJ
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015

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Description:xx, 940 pages : : illustrations en couleur, cartes ; : 29 cm

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ISBN:9781118743164, 1118743164, 9781118914588, 1118914589
oclc:ocn902661860
LC Classification:QR46 B527 2015
Dewey Decimal:616.9/041

[Contents] 1 Scope and History of Microbiology. -- 2 Fundamentals of Chemistry. -- 3 Microscopy and Staining. -- 4 Characteristics of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells. -- 5 Essential Concepts of Metabolism. -- 6 Growth and Culturing of Bacteria. -- 7 Microbial Genetics. -- 8 Gene Transfer and Genetic Engineering. -- 9 An Introduction to Taxonomy: The Bacteria. -- 10 Viruses. -- 11 Eukaryotic Microorganisms and Parasites. -- 12 Sterilization and Disinfection. -- 13 Antimicrobial Therapy. -- 14 Host-Microbe Relationships and Disease Processes. -- 15 Epidemiology and Nosocomial Infections. -- 16 Innate Host Defenses. -- 17 Basic Principles of Adaptive Immunity and Immunization. -- 18 Immune Disorders. -- 19 Diseases of the Skin and Eyes; Wounds and Bites. -- 20 Urogenital and Sexually Transmitted Diseases. -- 21 Diseases of the Respiratory System. -- 22 Oral and Gastrointestinal Diseases. -- 23 Cardiovascular, Lymphatic, and Systemic Diseases. -- 24 Diseases of the Nervous System. -- 25 Environmental Microbiology. -- 26 Applied Microbiology