Content: "Microorganisms and microbiology -- An overview of microbia l life -- Macromolecules -- Cell structure/function -- Nutrition, labor atory culture, and metabolism of microorganisms -- Microbial growth -- Essentials of molecular biology -- Metabolic regulation -- Essentials o f virology -- Bacterial genetics -- Microbial evolution and systematics -- Prokaryotic diversity : bacteria -- Prokaryotic diversity : the arc haea -- Eukaryotic cell biology and eukaryotic microorganisms -- Microb ial genomics -- Viral diversity -- Metabolic diversity -- Methods in mi crobial ecology -- Microbial ecology -- Microbial growth control -- Mic robial interactions with humans -- Essentials of immunology -- Molecula r immunology -- Diagnostic microbiology and immunology -- Epidemiology -- Person-to-person microbial diseases -- Animal-transmitted, arthropod -transmitted, and soilborne microbial diseases -- Wastewater treatment, water purification, and waterborne microbial diseases -- Food preserva tion and foodborne microbial diseases -- Industrial microbiology -- Gen etic engineering and biotechnology".

Includes and index