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Nester's microbiology : a human perspective.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : McGraw-Hill, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Eighth edition, International student edition / Denise G. Anderson, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen, Eugene W. NesterDescription: xxi, 815, 7, 37, 3 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781259252020 (paperback) :
  • 1259252027
Uniform titles:
  • Microbiology
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.9041 23 A.D.N.
Contents:
pt. 1. Life and death of microorganisms. -- Humans and the microbial world -- The molecules of life -- Microscopy and cell structure -- Dynamics of microbial growth -- Control of microbial growth -- Metabolism : fueling cell growth -- The blueprint of life, from DNA to protein -- Bacterial genetics -- Biotechnology and recombinant DNA -- pt. 2. The microbial world. -- Identifying and classifying microorganisms -- The diversity of bacteria and archaea -- The eukaryotic members of the microbial world -- Viruses, viroids, and prions -- pt. 3. Microorganisms and humans. -- The innate immune response -- The adaptive immune response -- Host-microbe interactions -- Immunologic disorders -- Applications of immune responses -- Epidemiology -- Antimicrobial medications -- pt. 4. Infectious diseases. -- Respiratory system infections -- Skin infections -- Wound infections -- Digestive system infections -- Blood and lymphatic infections -- Nervous system infections -- Genitourinary tract infections -- pt. 5. Microbial ecology -- Environmental microbiology : treatment of water, wastes, and polluted habitats -- Food microbiology.
Summary: Provides a rock solid foundation in microbiology, this book explains the fundamental concepts. It covers the important concepts, and gives students the knowledge and mastery necessary to understand advances of the future.
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Includes index.

Previous edition : 2012.

pt. 1. Life and death of microorganisms. -- Humans and the microbial world -- The molecules of life -- Microscopy and cell structure --
Dynamics of microbial growth -- Control of microbial growth -- Metabolism : fueling cell growth -- The blueprint of life, from DNA to protein -- Bacterial genetics -- Biotechnology and recombinant DNA -- pt. 2. The microbial world. -- Identifying and classifying microorganisms -- The diversity of bacteria and archaea -- The eukaryotic members of the microbial world -- Viruses, viroids, and prions -- pt. 3. Microorganisms and humans. -- The innate immune response -- The adaptive immune response -- Host-microbe interactions --
Immunologic disorders -- Applications of immune responses -- Epidemiology -- Antimicrobial medications -- pt. 4. Infectious diseases. -- Respiratory system infections -- Skin infections -- Wound infections -- Digestive system infections --
Blood and lymphatic infections -- Nervous system infections -- Genitourinary tract infections -- pt. 5. Microbial ecology -- Environmental microbiology : treatment of water, wastes, and polluted habitats -- Food microbiology.

Provides a rock solid foundation in microbiology, this book explains the fundamental concepts. It covers the important concepts, and gives students the knowledge and mastery necessary to understand advances of the future.

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