Name: Microbiology By Lansing Prescott
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Microbiology by Lansing Prescott

Prescott, Harley and Klein's 6th edition provides a balanced, comprehensive introduction to all major areas of microbiology. Because of this balance, Microbiology, 6/e is appropriate for students preparing for careers in medicine, dentistry, nursing, and allied health, as well as research, teaching, and industry. Biology and chemistry are prerequisites.

About Lansing Prescott

John Harley teaches Anatomy & Physiology and General Biology at Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY and is also co-author of Prescott/Harley/Klein Microbiology and the ASM Microbial Telecourse Study Guide.

Part I Introduction to Microbiology1 The History and Scope of Microbiology2 The Study of Microbial Structure: Microscopy and Specimen Preparation3 Procaryotic Cell Structure and Function4 Eucaryotic Cell Structure and FunctionPart II Microbial Nutrition, Growth, and Control5 Microbial Nutrition6 Microbial Growth7 Control of Microorganisms by Physical and Chemical AgentsPart III Microbial Metabolism8 Metabolism: Energy, Enzymes, and Regulation9 Metabolism: Energy Release and Conservation10 Metabolism: The Use of Energy in BiosynthesisPart IV Microbial Molecular Biology and Genetics11 Genes: Structure, Replication, and Mutation12 Genes: Expression and Regulation13 Microbial Recombination and PlasmidsPart V DNA Technology and Genomics14 Recombinant DNA Technology15 Microbial GenomicsPart VI The Viruses16 The Viruses: Introduction and General Characteristics17 The Viruses: Bacteriophages18 The Viruses: Viruses of EucaryotesPart VII The Diversity of the Microbial World19 Microbial Taxonomy and Phylogeny20 The Archaea21 Bacteria: The Deinococci and Nonproteobacteria Gram Negatives22 Bacteria: The Proteobacteria23 Bacteria: The Low G + C Gram Positives24 Bacteria: The High G + C Gram Positives25 The Fungi (Eumycota), Slime Molds, and Water Molds26 The Algae27 The ProtozoaPart VIII Ecology and Symbiosis28 Microorganism Interactions and Microbial Ecology29 Microorganisms in Aquatic Environments30 Microorganisms in Terrestrial EnvironmentsPart IX Nonspecific (Innate) Resistance and the Immune Response31 Normal Microbiota and Nonspecific (Innate) Host Resistence32 Specific (Adaptive) Immunity33 Medical ImmunologyPart X Microbial Diseases and Their Control34 Pathogenicity of Microorganisms35 Antimicrobial Chemotherapy36 Clinical Microbiology37 The Epidemiology of Infectious Disease38 Human Diseases Caused by Viruses39 Human Diseases Caused by Bacteria40 Human Diseases Caused by Fungi and ProtozoaPart XI Food and Industrial Microbiology41 Microbiology of Food42 Industrial Microbiology and BiotechnologyAppendix I A Review of the Chemistry of Biological MoleculesAppendix II Common Metabolic PathwaysAppendix III Classification of Procaryotes According to the First Edition of Bergey's Manual of Systematic BacteriologyAppendix IV Classification of Procaryotes According to the Second Edition of Bergey's Manual of Systematic BacteriologyAppendix V Classification of Viruses

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ISBN 13

9780072951752

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0072951753

Title

Microbiology by Lansing Prescott

Author

Lansing Prescott

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Used - Very Good

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Hardback

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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

Year published

20040316

Number of pages

1152

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Microbiology Lansing Prescott

Microbiology by Lansing Prescott

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