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History and Scope of Microbiology | |
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Early History | |
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The Golden Age of Microbiology | |
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Later Discoveries and the Beginnings of Virology | |
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Scope of Microbiology | |
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Equipment and Techniques | |
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Units of Measurement | |
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Microscopes | |
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Preparation of Specimens for Light Microscopy | |
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Staining | |
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Culturing Microorganisms | |
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Quiz: Equipment and Techniques | |
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Survey of Microorganisms | |
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Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes | |
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Bacteria | |
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The Eukaryotic Cell | |
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Viruses | |
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Quiz: Survey of Microorganisms | |
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Microbial Metabolism | |
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General Terms | |
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Enzymes | |
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Oxidation and Reduction | |
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Phosphorylation | |
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Carbohydrate Catabolism | |
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Lipid and Protein Catabolism | |
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Photosynthesis | |
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Other Anabolic Pathways | |
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Nutritional Modes | |
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Transport of Molecules | |
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Transport | |
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Simple Diffusion | |
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Osmosis | |
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Facilitated Diffusion | |
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Active Transport | |
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Group Translocation | |
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Endocytosis and Exocytosis | |
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Quiz: Microbial Metabolism and Transport of Molecules | |
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Bacterial Growth | |
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Growth of Bacterial Populations | |
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Ways to Measure Growth of Bacterial Populations | |
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Physical and Chemical Requirements for Growth | |
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Quiz: Bacterial Growth | |
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Control of Microbial Growth--Disinfection and Antisepsis | |
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General Terms | |
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Factors Influencing Disinfectant Activity | |
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Physical Methods | |
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Chemical Disinfection and Sterilization | |
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Evaluating a Disinfectant | |
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Microbial Death | |
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Control of Microbial Growth--Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | |
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General Terms | |
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Types of Agents | |
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Mechanisms of Action of Antimicrobial Drugs | |
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Evaluating an Antimicrobial Drug | |
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Side Effects | |
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Drug Resistance | |
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Some Common Antibacterial Drugs | |
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Quiz: Control of Microbial Growth | |
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Microbial Genetics | |
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Genetics | |
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Chromosomes | |
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Replication | |
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Transcription--Synthesis of RNA | |
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Translation | |
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Mutation | |
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Gene Transfer | |
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Recombination | |
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Transposons | |
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Recombinant DNA Technology | |
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Diversity and Evolution | |
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Regulation of Gene Expression in Bacteria | |
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Quiz: Microbial Genetics | |
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Role of Microbes in Disease | |
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Host-Microbe Relationships | |
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Kinds of Disease | |
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How Microbes Cause Disease | |
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The Disease Process | |
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Koch's Postulates | |
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Epidemiology | |
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Host Defense Mechanisms | |
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Microbial Diseases of the Skin and Eyes | |
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Microbial Diseases of the Respiratory System | |
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Microbial Diseases of the Digestive System | |
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Microbial Diseases of the Cardiovascular System | |
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Microbial Diseases of the Nervous System | |
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Microbial Diseases of the Genitourinary System | |
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Quiz: Role of Microbes in Disease | |
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Microbes in the Environment | |
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Microbes and the Recycling of Nutrients | |
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Bioremediation | |
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Microbes in Industry | |
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Microbes in the Food Industry | |
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Industrial Microbiology | |
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Microbes and Medicine | |
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Microbes and Recombinant DNA Technology | |
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Quiz: Microbes in the Environment and Industry | |