Chapter 1: Microbes: An Introduction
Chapter 2: Tools of the Laboratory: The Methods for Studying Microorganisms
Chapter 3: Prokaryotic Profiles: The Bacteria and Archaea
Chapter 4: Eukaryotic Cells and Microorganisms
Chapter 5: An Introduction to the Viruses
Chapter 6: Microbial Nutrition, Ecology, and Growth
Chapter 7: Microbial Metabolism
Chapter 8: Microbial Genetics and Genetic Engineering
Chapter 9: Physical and Chemical Control of Microbes
Chapter 10: Drugs, Microbes, Host: The Elements of Chemotherapy
Chapter 11: Microbe-Human Interactions: Infection and Disease
Chapter 12: Host Defenses I: Overview and Nonspecific Defenses
Chapter 13: Host Defenses II: Specific Immunity and Immunization
Chapter 14: Disorders in Immunity
Chapter 15: Diagnosing Infections
Chapter 16: Infectious Diseases Affecting the Skin and Eyes
Chapter 17: Infectious Diseases Affecting the Nervous System
Chapter 18: Infectious Diseases Affecting the Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems
Chapter 19: Infectious Diseases Affecting the Respiratory System
Chapter 20: Infectious Diseases Affecting the Gastrointestinal Tract
Chapter 21: Infectious Diseases Affecting the Genitourinary System
Chapter 22: Environmental and Applied Microbiology