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| Introduction | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The World of the Microorganism | |
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| Types of Microorganisms | |
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| What Is a Microorganism? | |
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| What's in a Name: Naming and Classifying | |
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| How Small Is a Microorganism? | |
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| Your Body Fights Back | |
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| History of the Microscope | |
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| How Do Organisms Appear? | |
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| Germ Theory | |
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| Vaccination | |
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| Killing the Microorganism | |
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| Quiz | |
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| The Chemical Elements of Microorganisms | |
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| Everything Matters | |
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| Chemical Elements and the Atom | |
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| A Dinner Table of Elements: The Periodic Table | |
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| The Glowing Tale of Isotopes | |
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| Around They Go: Electronic Configuration | |
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| Before James There Was Bond... Chemical Bond | |
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| Decoding Chemical Shorthand | |
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| I Just Want to See Your Reaction | |
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| Molarity: hey, There's a Mole Amongst Us | |
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| An Unlikely Pair: Inorganic and Organic | |
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| The Blueprint of Protein Synthesis | |
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| The Power House: ATP | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Observing Microorganisms | |
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| Size Is a Matter of Metrics | |
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| Here's Looking at You | |
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| What Big Eyes You Have: Magnification | |
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| The Microscope | |
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| Preparing Specimens | |
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| Prokaryotic Cells and Eukaryotic Cells | |
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| Prokaryotic Cells | |
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| Eukaryotic Cells | |
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| The Chemical Metabolism | |
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| Riding the Metabolism Cycle | |
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| Catabolic and Anabolic: The Only Reactions You Need | |
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| A Little Give and Take: Oxidation-Reduction | |
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| Making Power: ATP Production | |
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| What's Your Name: Naming and Classifying Enzymes | |
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| Brewing Up Protein | |
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| The Magic of Enzymes: Enzyme Activities | |
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| The Krebs Cycle | |
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| Fermentation | |
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| Other Catabolic Pathways | |
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| Photosynthesis | |
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| Microbial Growth and Controlling Microbial Growth | |
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| Chemical Requirements for Microbial Growth | |
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| Culture Media | |
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| Phases of Growth | |
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| Measurements of Microbial Growth | |
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| Establishing Bacterial Numbers by Indirect Methods | |
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| Controlling Microbial Growth | |
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| Microbial Death Rates | |
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| Action of Antimicrobial Agents | |
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| Chemical Agents That Control Microbial Growth | |
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| Microbial Genetics | |
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| Genetics | |
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| DNA Replication: Take My Genes, Please! | |
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| Protein Synthesis | |
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| Controlling Genes: You're Under My Spell | |
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| Mutations: Not a Pretty Copy | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Recombinant DNA Technology | |
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| Genetic Engineering: Designer Genes | |
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| Gene Therapy: Makes You Feel Better | |
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| DNA Fingerprinting: Gotcha | |
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| Recombinant DNA Technology and Society: Too Much of a Good Thing | |
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| Classification of Microorganisms | |
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| Taxonomy: Nothing to Do with the IRS | |
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| Nomenclature of Taxonomy: Name Calling | |
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| Classification: All Natural | |
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| Quiz | |
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| The Prokaryotes: Domains Archaea and Bacteria | |
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| Archaea | |
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| Aerobic/Microaerophilic, Motile, Helical/Vibroid, Gram-Negative Bacteria | |
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| Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci | |
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| Facultatively Anaerobic Gram-Negative Rods | |
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| Anaerobic Gram-Negative Cocci and Rods | |
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| Rickettsias and Chlamydias | |
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| Mycoplamas | |
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| Gram-Positive Cocci | |
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| Endospore-Forming Gram-Positive Rods and Cocci | |
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| Regular Nonsporing Gram-Positive Rods | |
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| Irregular Nonsporing Gram-Positive Rods | |
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| Mycobacteria | |
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| Nocardia Forms | |
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| The Eukaryotes: Fungi, Algae, Protozoa, and Helminths | |
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| Fungi | |
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| Algae | |
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| Protozoa | |
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| Helminths | |
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| Viruses, Viroids, and Prions | |
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| Viruses | |
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| Viroids | |
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| Prions | |
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| Epidemiology and Disease | |
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| What Is Epidemiology? | |
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| Classification of Disease | |
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| Infection Sites | |
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| Disease Transmission | |
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| The Development of Disease | |
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| Epidemiological Studies | |
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| Control of Communicable Diseases | |
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| Nosocomial Infections | |
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| Who Is Susceptible? | |
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| Prevention and Control of Nosocomial Infections | |
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| Immunity | |
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| What Is Immunity? | |
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| Types of Immunity | |
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| A Closer Look at Antigens | |
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| A Closer Look at Binding | |
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| B Cells | |
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| Lasting Immunity | |
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| Antibodies Used for Diagnosing Diseases | |
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| Chemical Messengers | |
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| T Cells | |
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| Macrophages and Natural Killer Cells | |
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| Vaccines and Diagnosing Diseases | |
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| What Is a Vaccine? | |
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| Types of Vaccines | |
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| Developing a Vaccine | |
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| Diagnosing Diseases | |
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| Antimicrobial Drugs | |
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| Chemotherapeutic Agents: The Silver Bullet | |
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| Antimicrobial Activity: Who to Attack? | |
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| The Attack Plan | |
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| Exploring Antimicrobial Drugs | |
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| Chemotherapy Tests | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Final Exam | |
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| Answers to Quiz and Exam Questions | |
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| Index | |