Study guide to accompany microbiology. / Prepared by David W. Smith. George A. Wistreich, Max D. Lechtman.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York: London: Macmillan; Collier Macmillan, 1988Edition: 5th edDescription: viii,424 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN: 0024289701Subject(s): MicrobiologyDDC classification: 576 LOC classification: QR41.2.W56Includes bibliographies and index.
Contents: Introduction to microbiology: The scope of the microbial world -- Survey of the microbial world and introduction to classification -- Techniques used in the observation of microorganisms -- Microbial growth, cultivation, metabolism and genetics: Bacterial growth and cultivation techniques -- Microbial metabolism and cellular regulation -- Microbial genetics and its applications -- The world of microorganisms: Procaryotes: their structure and organization -- Fungi -- The protists -- Viruses, viroids and prions -- The control of microorganisms: Chemicals and physical methods in microbial control -- Antimicrobial chemotherapy -- Microbial ecology and interactions: A survey of procaryotes -- Microbial ecology and environmental activities -- Microorganisms and industrial processes: Industrial microbiology and biotechnology applications -- Food, diary and water microbiology -- Principles of immunology: Introduction to immune responses -- States of immunity and the control of infectious diseases -- Diagnostic immunologic and related reactions -- Immunologic disorders -- Microorganisms and infectious diseases: An introduction to epidemiology and the identification of diseases agents -- Microbial virulence -- Microbial diseases of the integumentary and musculoskeletal systems -- Oral microbiology -- Microbial infections of the respiratory tract -- Microbial diseases of the gastrointestinal tract -- Microbial infections of the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems -- Microbial diseases of the reproductive and urinary systems -- Microbial diseases of the central nervous system and the eye -- Microbiology and cancer -- Helminths and diseases --
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