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Preface | |
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Acknowledgements | |
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Introduction | |
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Microbiology: What, Why and How? | |
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What is microbiology? | |
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Why is microbiology important? | |
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How do we know? Microbiology in perspective: to the golden age and beyond | |
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Light microscopy | |
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Electron microscopy | |
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Biochemical Principles | |
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Atomic structure | |
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Acids, bases and pH | |
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Biomacromolecules | |
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Cell Structure and Organization | |
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The procaryotic cell | |
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The eucaryotic cell | |
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Cell division in procaryotes and eucaryotes | |
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Microbial Nutrition, Growth and Metabolism | |
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Microbial Nutrition and Cultivation | |
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Nutritional categories | |
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How do nutrients get into the microbial cell? | |
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Laboratory cultivation of microorganisms | |
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Microbial Growth | |
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Estimation of microbial numbers | |
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Factors affecting microbial growth | |
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The kinetics of microbial growth | |
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Growth in multicellular microorganisms | |
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Microbial Metabolism | |
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Why is energy needed? | |
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Enzymes | |
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Principles of energy generation | |
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Anabolic reactions | |
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The regulation of metabolism | |
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Microbial Diversity, a Few Words About Classification | |
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Procaryotic Diversity | |
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Domain: Archaea | |
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Domain: Bacteria | |
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Bacteria and human disease | |
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The Fungi | |
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General biology of the Fungi | |
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Classification of the Fungi | |
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Fungi and disease | |
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The Protista | |
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'The Algae' | |
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'The Protozoa' | |
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The slime moulds and water moulds (the fungus-like protists) | |
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Protistan taxonomy: a modern view | |
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The Viruses | |
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What are viruses? | |
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Viral structure | |
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Classification of viruses | |
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Viral replication cycles | |
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Viroids | |
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Prions | |
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Cultivating viruses | |
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Viral diseases in humans | |
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Microbial Genetics | |
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Microbial Genetics | |
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How do we know genes are made of DNA? | |
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DNA replication | |
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What exactly do genes do? | |
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Regulation of gene expression | |
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The molecular basis of mutations | |
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Genetic transfer in microorganisms | |
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Microorganisms in Genetic Engineering | |
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Introduction | |
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Plasmid cloning vectors | |
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Bacteriophages as cloning vectors | |
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Expression vectors | |
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Eucaryotic cloning vectors | |
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Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) | |
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Control of Microorganisms | |
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Control of Microorganisms | |
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Sterilization | |
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Disinfection | |
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The kinetics of cell death | |
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Antimicrobial Agents | |
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Antibiotics | |
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Resistance to antibiotics | |
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Antibiotic susceptibility testing | |
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Antifungal and antiviral agents | |
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The future | |
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Microorganisms in the Environment | |
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Microbial Associations | |
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Microbial associations with animals | |
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Microbial associations with plants | |
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Microbial associations with other microorganisms | |
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Microorganisms in the Environment | |
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The carbon cycle | |
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The nitrogen cycle | |
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The sulphur cycle | |
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Phosphorus | |
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The microbiology of soil | |
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The microbiology of freshwater | |
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The microbiology of seawater | |
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Detection and iso | |