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Microbiology

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Contents

Preface
Chapter 1 An Invisible World
Chapter 2 How We See the Invisible World
Chapter 3 The Cell
Chapter 4 Prokaryotic Diversity
Chapter 5 The Eukaryotes of Microbiology
Chapter 6 Acellular Pathogens
Chapter 7 Microbial Biochemistry
Chapter 8 Microbial Metabolism
Chapter 9 Microbial Growth
Chapter 10 Biochemistry of the Genome
Chapter 11 Mechanisms of Microbial Genetics
Chapter 12 Modern Applications of Microbial Genetics
Chapter 13 Control of Microbial Growth
Chapter 14 Antimicrobial Drugs
Chapter 15 Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
Chapter 16 Disease and Epidemiology
Chapter 17 Innate Nonspecific Host Defenses
Chapter 18 Adaptive Specific Host Defenses
Chapter 19 Diseases of the Immune System
Chapter 20 Laboratory Analysis of the Immune Response
Chapter 21 Skin and Eye Infections
Chapter 22 Respiratory System Infections
Chapter 23 Urogenital System Infections
Chapter 24 Digestive System Infections
Chapter 25 Circulatory and Lymphatic System Infections
Chapter 26 Nervous System Infections
Appendix A Fundamentals of Physics and Chemistry Important to Microbiology
Appendix B Mathematical Basics
Appendix C Metabolic Pathways
Appendix D Taxonomy of Clinically Relevant Microorganisms
Appendix E Glossary
Answer Key
Index

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Chapter 18 Adaptive Specific Host Defenses

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Chapter 18 Adaptive Specific Host Defenses

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