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| Preface | |
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| Pronunciation Guide | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Introduction | |
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| A Word about Microscopes | |
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| A Brief View of Classification | |
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| Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes | |
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| The Three Domains | |
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| Viruses | |
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| Prions | |
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| Modern Imaging Techniques | |
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| Computerized Tomography (CT) Scanning | |
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| Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | |
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| Ultrasonography | |
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| Scintigraphic Techniques | |
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| Bacteriology-Laboratory Techniques | |
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| Bacterial Morphology, Morphological Arrangements, and Staining Techniques | |
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| Living Preparations versus Simple Staining | |
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| Bacterial Morphology and, Morphological Arrangements | |
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| Differential Staining Techniques | |
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| Selected Specialized Structures | |
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| Basic Cultivation Techniques | |
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| Isolation Techniques | |
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| Agar Plate, Broth, and Agar Slant Characteristics | |
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| Anaerobic Cultivation | |
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| Biochemical Activities of Microorganisms | |
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| Differential, Selective, and Selective and Differential Media | |
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| Chromogenic Media | |
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| Extracellular Degradation of Polysaccharides, Proteins, Lipids, and DNA | |
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| Carbohydrate Metabolism: An Introduction to Intracellular Metabolism | |
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| Nitrogen Metabolism | |
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| Oxygen Utilization: Oxidase and Catalase Activities | |
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| Motility Media | |
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| Differential Test Patterns: The IMViC Test | |
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| Microbial Reactions in Multiple-Test Media: Litmus Milk; Triple Sugar Iron Agar; Sulfide, Indole, Motility Medium, and Four-in-One Entero-Screen 4 | |
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| Miniaturized and Rapid Microbiological Systems | |
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| Bacteriology: A Survey of the Bacteria and Archeae Domains | |
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| The Bacteria | |
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| Phylum 1: Proteobacteria | |
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| The Alpha Proteobacteria | |
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| Aerobic/Microaerophilic Gram-Negative Coccobacilli and Stalked Bacteria | |
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| Alcaligenes | |
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| Alcaligenes faecalis | |
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| Brucella | |
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| Caulobacter | |
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| Caulobacter species | |
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| Rhizobium | |
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| Rhizobium species | |
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| Rickettsia | |
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| Rickettsia Ehrlichia, and Bartonella | |
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| Coxiella | |
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| Ehrlichia | |
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| Bartonella | |
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| Bartonella henselae | |
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| Bartonella quintana | |
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| The Beta Proteobacteria | |
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| Microaerophilic Gram-Negative Helical Bacteria | |
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| Aquaspirillum | |
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| Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum | |
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| Aerobic, Gram-Negative Sheathed Bacteria | |
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| Leptothrix | |
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| Aerobic/Microaerophilic Gram-Negative Coccobacilli, Cocci, and Spirals | |
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| Bordetella | |
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| Bordetella pertussis | |
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| Neisseria | |
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| Neisseria gonorrhoeae | |
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| Neisseria meningitidis | |
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| Spirillum | |
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| Spirillum volutans | |
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| The Gamma Proteobacteria | |
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| Anoxygenic Phototrophic Gram-Negative Vibroids and Rods | |
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| Chromatium | |
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| Chromatium and Related Species | |
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| Aerobic/Microaerophilic Gram-Negative Rods and Cocci | |
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| Francisella | |
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| Legionella | |
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| Moraxella | |
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| Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis | |
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| Pseudomonas | |
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| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | |
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| P. fluorescens | |
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| Facultatively Anaerobic Gram-Negative Rods | |
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| Calymmatobacterium | |
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| Calymmatobacterium granulomatis | |
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| Citrobacter | |
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| Citrobacter freundii | |
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| Enterobacter | |
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| Escherichia | |
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| Escherichia coli | |
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| Haemophilus | |
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| Haemophilus influenzae | |
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| Haemophilus ducreyi | |
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| Klebsiella | |
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| Klebsiella pneumoniae | |
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| Morganella | |
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| Pasteurella | |
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| Pasteurella multocida | |
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| Photobacterium species | |
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| Proteus | |
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| Salmonella | |
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| Serratia | |
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| Shigella | |
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| Vibrio | |
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| Vibrio cholerae | |
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| Yersinia | |
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| Yersinia enterocolitica | |
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| Yersinia pestis | |
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| The Delta Proteobacteria | |
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| Aerobic, Motile, Gram-Negative Predatory Curved Rods | |
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| Bdellovibrio | |
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| Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus | |
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| Stigmatella | |
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| Stigmatella aurantiaca | |
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| The Epsilon Proteobacteria | |
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| Aerobic/Microaerophilic, Motile, Helical/Vibroid, Gram-Negative Bacteria | |
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| Helicobacter | |
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| Helicobacter pylori | |
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| Gram-Positive Bacteria | |
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| Group B | |
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| Low GC, Endospore-Forming Gram-Positive Rods | |
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| Bacillus | |
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| Clostridium | |
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| Clostridium botulinum | |
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| Clostridium difficile | |
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| Clostridium perfringens | |
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| Clostridium tetani | |
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| Low GC, Regular, Non-Spore-Forming Gram-Positive Rods | |
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| Listeria | |
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| Listeria monocytogenes | |
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| Low GC, Non-Spore-Forming Gram-Positive Cocci | |
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| Aerococcus viridans | |
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| Enterococcus faecalis | |
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| Micrococcus luteus | |
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| Sarcina | |
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| Staphylococcus | |
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| Streptococcus | |
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| Group A | |
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| Group B | |
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| Low GC Cell-Wall-less Bacteria | |
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| Mycoplasma | |
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| Mycoplasma pneumoniae | |
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| Ureaplasma urealyticum | |
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| High GC, Non-Spore-Forming Gram-Positive Rods | |
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| Actinomyces | |
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| Actinomyces israelii | |
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| Corynebacterium | |
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| Corynebacterium diphtheriae | |
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| Mycobacterium | |
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| Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex | |
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| Mycobacterium avium-intracellular e (M. avium complex, MAC) | |
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| Mycobacterium leprae | |
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| Mycobacterium smegmatis | |
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| Bacillus of Calmette and Guerin (BCG) | |
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| Nocardia | |
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| Nocardia | |
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| Bifidobacterium | |
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| Bifidobacterium bifidum | |
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| Gardnerella | |
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| Gardnerella vaginalis | |
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| The Chlamydia | |
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| Chlamydia trachomatis | |
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| Chlamydia pneumoniae | |
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| Chlamydia psittaci | |
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| The Spirochetes | |
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| Borrelia | |
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| Borrelia burgdorferi | |
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| Borrelia recurrentis | |
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| Leptospira | |
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| Leptospira interrogans | |
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| Treponema | |
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| Treponema pallidum | |
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| Anaerobic/Facultative Anaerobic, Non-Motile, Gram-Negative Rods | |
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| Porphyromonas | |
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| Prevotella | |
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| Streptobacillus | |
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| Streptobacillus moniliformis | |
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| The Cyanobacteria | |
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| Myxosarcina | |
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| Spirulina | |
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| Calothrix | |
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| Anabaena | |
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| The Archeae | |
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| Euryarchaeota | |
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| Methanothermus | |
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| Methanothermus fervidus | |
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| Methanosarcina mazei | |
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| Pyrococcus | |
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| Pyrococcus furiosus | |
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| Crenarchaeota | |
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| Pyrodictium | |
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| Pyrodictium species | |
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| Mycology | |
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| Properties of Fungi | |
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| Molds and Yeasts | |
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| Dimorphism | |
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| Classification | |
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| Culture and Microscopic Techniques | |
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| Direct Microscopic Examination | |
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| Representative Fungi, Their Distinctive Properties, and Selected Disease States | |
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| Macroscopic Views of Fungi | |
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| Mushrooms | |
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| Puffballs | |
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| Morels | |
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| Common Molds and Yeasts | |
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| Funguslike Protists | |
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| Spectrum of Mycoses | |
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| Agents of Superficial and Cutaneous Mycoses (Dermatophytoses) | |
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| Agents of Subcutaneous Mycoses | |
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| Chromoblastomycosis | |
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| Sporotrichosis | |
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| Agents of Systemic Mycoses | |
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| Blastomyces dermatitidis | |
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| Coccidioides immitis | |
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| Histoplasma capsulatum | |
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| Agents of Opportunistic Mycoses | |
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| Aspergillus species | |
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| Candida albicans | |
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| Filobasidiella (Cryptococcus) neoformans | |
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| Penicillium marneffei | |
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| Pneumocystis carinii | |
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| Algology (Protists-The Algae) | |
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| A Properties and Distribution | |
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| Representative Algae and Their Distinctive Properties | |
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| Chlorophyta (Green Algae) | |
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| Euglenophyta (Euglenoids) | |
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| Chrysophyta (Golden Brown Algae and Diatoms) | |
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| Phaeophyta (Brown Algae) | |
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| Pyrrophyta (Dinoflagellates) | |
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| Rhodophyta (Red Algae) | |
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| Lichens | |
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| Protozoology (Protists-The Protozoa) | |
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| Structures and Functions | |
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| Trophozoites and Cysts | |
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| Classification | |
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| Representative Protozoa, Their Distinctive Properties, and Selected Disease States | |
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| Sarcomastigophora | |
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| Sarcodina | |
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| Entamoeba histolytica | |
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| Acanthamoeba | |
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| Mastigophora | |
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| Leishmania | |
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| Giardia | |
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| Trichomonas vaginalis | |
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| Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense T. b. gambiense | |
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| Trypanosoma cruzi | |
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| Ciliophora | |
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| Balantidium coli | |
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| Apicomplexa | |
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| Plasmodium | |
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| Toxoplasma gondii | |
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| Babesia | |
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| Isospora belli | |
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| Cryptosporidium parvum | |
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| Microsporidia | |
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| Virology | |
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| Viruses and Their Effects | |
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| Viroids and Prions | |
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| The Introduction of Electron Microscopy- The History of a Great Invention | |
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| Basic Structure of Viruses | |
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| Cultivation | |
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| Animal Virus Cultivation | |
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| Cell (Tissue) Culture | |
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| Classification | |
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| Diagnosis | |
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| Laboratory Diagnosis | |
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| Features of Generalized Infections Accompanied with a Rash | |
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| Viruses as Biological Weapons | |
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| Representative Viruses, Their Distinctive Properties, and Selected Diseases | |
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| RNA Viruses | |
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| Corona Viruses | |
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| Rotaviruses | |
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| Rabiesvirus | |
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| Influenzaviruses | |
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| Ebola Virus | |
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| Marburg Virus | |
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| Hantavirus | |
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| Hepatitis A Virus | |
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| Retroviruses | |
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| DNA Viruses | |
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| Papillomaviruses | |
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| Hepatitis B Virus | |
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| Hepatitis C Virus | |
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| Hepatitis D Virus | |
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| Hepatitis E Virus | |
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| Herpes Viruses | |
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| Herpes Simplex Viruses | |
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| Varicella-zoster Virus (Varicellovirus) | |
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| Cytomegalovirus | |
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| Epstein-Barr Virus | |
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| Kaposi's Sarcoma | |
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| Poxviruses | |
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| Smallpox | |
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| Vaccinia Virus | |
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| Cowpox | |
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| Molluscum Contagiosum Virus | |
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| Monkeypox Virus | |
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| Mimivirus-An Unusual Find | |
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| Helminthology | |
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| Classification | |
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| Representative Helminths, Their Distinctive Properties, and Selected Diseases | |
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| Cestodes | |
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| Diphyllobothrium latum | |
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| Diphylidium caninum | |
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| Echinococcus granulosis | |
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| Taenia | |
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| Nematodes | |
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| Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus | |
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| Ascaris lumbricoides | |
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| Enterobius vermicularis | |
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| Loa loa | |
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| Onchocerca volvulus | |
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| Strongyloides stercoralis | |
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| Trichinella spiralis | |
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| Trichuris trichiura | |
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| Wuchereria bancrofti | |
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| Trematodes | |
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| Clonorchis (Opisthorchis) sinensis | |
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| Fasciola hepatica | |
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| Fasciolopsis buski | |
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| Paragonimus westermani | |
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| Schistosoma | |
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| Arthropods and Disease | |
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| Properties Relation to Disease | |
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| Immunology | |
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| Immune System Components | |
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| Selected Immune System Components | |
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| T and B Lymphocytes | |
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| T Lymphocytes | |
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| B Lymphocytes and Plasma Cells | |
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| The Thymus Gland and Other Selected Cellular Immune System Factors | |
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| A Brief View of Immune Responses | |
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| Diagnostic Tests | |
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| Electron Microscopy | |
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| Commercial Devices | |
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| Appendix Figures | |
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| Infectious Diseases and Disease Agents Affecting the Skin, Nails, and Hair (Integumentary System) | |
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| Infectious Diseases and Disease Agents Affecting the Cardiovascular System | |
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| Infectious Diseases and Disease Agents Affecting the Lymphatic System | |
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| Infectious Diseases and Disease Agents Affecting the Nervous System | |
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| Infectious Diseases and Disease Agents Affecting the Respiratory System | |
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| Infectious Diseases and Disease Agents Affecting the Digestive System | |
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| Infectious Diseases and Disease Agents Affecting the Urinary System | |
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| Infectious Diseases and Disease Agents Affecting the Reproductive System | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |