TY - BOOK AU - Talaro,Kathleen Park TI - Foundations in microbiology SN - 9780071284455 [paperback] PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Mc-Graw Hill Companies KW - Microbiology KW - Medical microbiology N1 - Includes index; Contents: Chapter 1 The main themes of microbiology -- Chapter 2 The chemistry of biology -- Chapter 3 Tools of the laboratory: the methods for studying microorganisms -- Chapter 4 A survey of prokaryotic cells and microorganisms -- Chapter 5 A survey of eukaryotic cells and microorganisms -- Chapter 6 An introduction to viruses -- Chapter 7 Elements of microbial nutrition, ecology, and growth -- Chapter 8 An introduction to microbial metabolism: the chemical crossroads of life -- Chapter 9 Microbil genetics -- Chapter 10 Genetic engineering: a revolution in molecular biology -- Chapter 11 Physical and chemical agents for microbial control -- Chapter 12 Drugs, microbes, host - the elements of chemotherapy -- Chapter 13 Microbe-human interactions: infection and disease -- Chapter 14 Host defense: overview and nonspecific defenses -- Chapter 15 Adaptive, specific immunity and immunization -- Chapter 16 Disorders in immunity -- Chapter 17 Diagnosing in immunity -- Chapter 18 The cocci ofmedical importance -- Chapter 19 The gram-positive bacilli of medical importance -- Chapter 20 The gram-negative bacilli of medical importance -- Chapter 21 Miscellaneous bacterial agents of disease -- Chapter 22 The fungi of medical importance -- Chapter 23 The parasites of medical importance -- Chapter 24 Introduction to viruses that infect humans: the DNA viruses -- Chapter 25 The RNA viruses that infect humans -- Chapter 26 Environmental microbiology -- Chapter 27 Applied and industrial microbiology UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0817/2008019726.html ER -