Brock biology of microorganisms

Unit I. Principles of Micriobiology: 1. Microorganisms and microbiology; 2. An overview of microbial life; 3. Macromolecules; 4. Cell structure/function; 5. Nutrition, laboratory culture, and metabolism of microorganisms; 6. Microbial growth; 7. Principles of microbial molecular biology; 8. Regulation of gene expression; 9. Essentials of virology; 10. Bacterial genetics --
Unit II. Evolutionary Microbiology and Microbial Diversity: 11. Microbial evolution and systematics; 12. Prokaryotic diversity: bacteria; 13. Prokaryotic diversity: the archaea; 14. Eukaryotic cell biology and eukaryotic microorganisms; 15. Microbial genomics; 16. Bacterial, plant, and animal virsus --
Unit III. Metabolic Diversity and Microbial Ecology: 17. Metabolic diversity; 18. Methods in microbial ecology; 19. Microbial habitats, nutrient cycles, and interaction with plants and animals --
Unit IV. Immunology, Pathogenicity, and Host Responses: 20. Microbial growth control; 21. Human-microbe interactions; 22. Essentials of immunology; 23. Molecular immunology; 24. Clinical microbiology and immunology --
Unit V. Microbial Diseases: 25. Epidemiology; 26. Person-to-person microbial diseases; 27. Animal-transmitted, arthropod-transmitted and soilborne microbial diseases; 28. Wastewater treatment, water purification, and waterborne microbial diseases; 29. Food preservation and foodborne microbial diseases --
Unit VI. Microorganisms as Tools for Industry and Research: 30. Industrial microbiology/biocatalysis; 31. Genetic engineering and biotechnology.

Intended for majors and mixed majors courses in Introductory Microbiology in departments of biology and microbiology, this is a text for introductory microbiology. It balances the modern coverage with the major classical concepts useful for understanding microbiology.