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PEARSON Microbiologyan Introduction With Mymicrobiologyplace Website 9Th International Edition 2008 Edition by GERARD J. TORTORA BERDELL R. FUNKE CHRISTINE L. CASE
With this Ninth Edition, the "Number One" best-selling non-majors microbiology text extends its trusted and reliable approach with improved disease chapters that feature efficient new "Disease in Focus" boxes, a thoroughly revised immunity chapter (17), new options for the Microbiology Place website/CD-Rom, and a new Media Manager instructor presentation package with 30 multi-step animations. I. FUNDAMENTALS OF MICROBIOLOGY1. The Microbial World and You2. Chemical Principles3. Observing Microorganisms Through a Microscope4. Functional Anatomy of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells5. Microbial Metabolism6. Microbial Growth7. The Control of Microbial Growth8. Microbial Genetics9. Biotechnology and Recombinant DNAII. A SURVEY OF THE MICROBIAL WORLD10. Classification of Microorganisms11. The Prokaryotes: Domains Bacteria and Archaea12. The Eukaryotes: Fungi, Algae, Protozoa, and Helminths13. Viruses, Viroids, and PrionsIII. INTERACTION BETWEEN MICROBE AND HOST14. Principles of Disease and Epidemiology15. Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity16. Innate Immunity: Nonspecific Defenses of the Host17. Adaptive Immunity: Specific Defenses of the Host18. Practical Applications of Immunology19. Disorders Associated with the Immune System20. Antimicrobial DrugsIV. MICROORGANISMS AND HUMAN DISEASE21. Microbial Diseases of the Skin and Eyes22. Microbial Diseases of the Nervous System23. Microbial Diseases of the Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems24. Microbial Diseases of the Respiratory System25. Microbial Diseases of the Digestive System26. Microbial Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive SystemsV. ENVIRONMENTAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY27. Environmental Microbiology. 28. Applied and Industrial Microbiology.