Appropriate for the non-major/allied health student, this authoritative text carefully explains the fundamentals of microbiology, providing a general overview of the principles followed by more detailed explanations. With its clear and concise writing style, "Microbiology: A Human Perspective" offers modern coverage on such topics as genomics, biofilms, and quorum sensing. A body systems approach is used in the coverage of diseases.
Although no longer an active member of the author team, Eugene (Gene) Nester wrote the original version of the present text with Evans Roberts and Nancy Pearsall more than 30 years ago. That text, Microbiology: Molecules, Microbes and Man, pioneered the organ system approach to the study of infectious disease, and was developed specifically for allied health sciences. Gene did his undergraduate work at Cornell and received his Ph.D. in microbiology from Case Western University. He then did postdoctoral work in the Department of Genetics at Stanford University with Joshua Lederberg. Following that, he joined the faculty in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Washington, where he remains active as an emeritus member. His laboratory demonstrated that Agrobacterium transfers DNA into plant cellsthe basis for the disease crown galla system of gene transfer that has become a cornerstone of plant biotechnology. In recognition of his work, he was awarded the Australia Prize and the Cetus Prize in Biotechnology, and was elected to fellowship in the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Microbiology, and the National Academy of Sciences in India.
PART ONE LIFE AND DEATH OF MICROORGANISMS
CHAPTER 1 Humans and the Microbial World
CHAPTER 2 The Molecules of Life
CHAPTER 3 Microscopy and Cell Structure
CHAPTER 4 Dynamics of Prokaryotic Growth
CHAPTER 5 Control of Microbial Growth
CHAPTER 6 Metabolism: Fueling Cell Growth
CHAPTER 7 The Blueprint of Life, from DNA to Protein
CHAPTER 8 Bacterial Genetics
CHAPTER 9 Biotechnology and Recombinant DNA
PART TWO THE MICROBIAL WORLD
CHAPTER 10 Identification and Classification of Prokaryotes
CHAPTER 11 The Diversity of Prokaryotic Organisms
CHAPTER 12 The Eukaryotic Members of the Microbial World
CHAPTER 13 Viruses of Bacteria
CHAPTER 14 Viruses, Prions, and Viroids: Infectious Agents of Animals and Plants
PART THREE MICROORGANISMS AND HUMANS
CHAPTER 15 The Innate Immune Response
CHAPTER 16 The Adaptive Immune Response
CHAPTER 17 Applications of Immune Responses
CHAPTER 18 Immunologic Disorders
CHAPTER 19 Host-Microbe Interactions
CHAPTER 20 Epidemiology
CHAPTER 21 Antimicrobial Medications
PART FOUR INFECTIOUS DISEASES
CHAPTER 22 Skin Infections
CHAPTER 23 Respiratory System Infections
CHAPTER 24 Alimentary System Infections
CHAPTER 25 Genitourinary Infections
CHAPTER 26 Nervous System Infections
CHAPTER 27 Wound Infections
CHAPTER 28 Blood and Lymphatic Infections
PART FIVE APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
CHAPTER 29 HIV Disease and Complications of Immunodeficiency
CHAPTER 30 Microbial Ecology
CHAPTER 31 Environmental Microbiology: Treatment of Water, Wastes, and Polluted Habitats
CHAPTER 32 Food Microbiology
Appendix I Microbial Mathematics AD1
Appendix II Microbial Terminology AD2
Appendix III Pronunciation Key AD4
Appendix IV Metabolic Pathways AD6
Appendix V Answers to Multiple Choice Questions AD10
Glossary GD1
Credits CD1
Index ID1
