Microbiology: A Human Perspective - Rilegato

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.

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

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

Chapter 15: The Innate Immune Response

Chapter 16: The Adaptive Immune Response

Chapter 17: Host-Microbe Interactions

Chapter 18: Immunologic Disorders

Chapter 19: Applications of Immune Responses

Chapter 20: Epidemiology

Chapter 21: Antimicrobial Medications

Chapter 22: Respiratory System Infections

Chapter 23: Skin Infections

Chapter 24: Wound Infections

Chapter 25: Digestive System Infections

Chapter 26: Genitourinary Infections

Chapter 27: Nervous System Infections

Chapter 28: Blood and Lymphatic Infections

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

Appendix II: Microbial Terminology

Appendix III: Pronunciation Key for Bacterial, Fungal, Protozoan, and Viral Names

Appendix IV: Metabolic Pathways

Appendix V: Answers to Multiple Choice Questions